A review by jfaberrit
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

4.0

This is a nice exercise in both character-building and world-building, befitting it's novella length. Admittedly, there isn't much action, but I'm confused by how a genre that can admit the Silmarillion as a classic wouldn't have room for a demonstration of how a character not on a heroic quest would interact with a different fantastic world. The story of Auri is charming (I'd say "sweet" and grin, but she does so about 100 times each and I need a break from those descriptions for a little while), and but for some intentional repetitions that wandered over more into being tics than showing off patterns I have to say I enjoyed the story. The stakes are low, but the writing is pleasant and Rothfuss' sense of perspective for her is strong. It's much easier to get a picture of the working of magic and sympathy certainly. Basically, an interesting and different exercise in teasing out a side-story, one I'm glad I got to see.