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And I have finished this masterpiece.
The Name of the Wind gripped me into it's web and held me like a book hasn't done in some time. I ate, slept, breathed this book. I needed, not wanted, but actually felt like I needed to be reading it, when I wasn't I wished I was. I have loved many stories, I have given many 5 stars. But not all have made me feel as if I needed it to survive.
A new favorite, that will be loved over and over again.
Who needs food or sleep when you have The Name of the Wind
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The Name of the Wind gripped me into it's web and held me like a book hasn't done in some time. I ate, slept, breathed this book. I needed, not wanted, but actually felt like I needed to be reading it, when I wasn't I wished I was. I have loved many stories, I have given many 5 stars. But not all have made me feel as if I needed it to survive.
A new favorite, that will be loved over and over again.
Who needs food or sleep when you have The Name of the Wind
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What a book! I usually don't read this type of fantasy but this was amazing. This is a story of a legend and by the middle of the book, I wondered how I didn't recognize him when the book started - I cannot explain it better myself, but I felt as if I should have known who he was. The language is absolutely beautiful and the book's magical atmosphere is conveyed more with words than with magic, which I think it's amazing given how one of the tenets of the story is that names have powerful qualit
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I think it's rather unfortunate that this book got compared with Harry Potter simply because of the magic school factor. I would say Rothfuss' University is closer to LeGuin's Roke, or Mercedes Lackey's magic academy in Haven. You might say that Auri is a more poetic version of Luna Lovegood and Master Elodin, while brilliant, is only slightly less cracked than Sybil Trelawney. You can say the idea of naming as a basis for magic is old, and the haven't we had milked the poor orphan boy element t
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Hmm part Harry Potter, part Oliver Twist/Artful Dodger, I still liked this coming-of-age tale about magicians in college. It was a little slow at parts but I liked the detail and the characters. Continuing with book 2.
I enjoyed this book, which I can attempt to succinctly describe as a combination of Feist's Magician with the excessive detail of John Norman or Robert Jordan and the magic system of Ursula K. Le Guin, as written in the accessible style of David Eddings. That said, there are an awful lot of tells that this was a first novel - particularly Rothfuss' tendency toward "kitchen sink" writing (as in, "Everything and the kitchen sink"). It seems like he didn't exclude any darling idea. The Name of the
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I can only liken this to an adult Harry Potter. It's not nearly as light and fun, but has many of the same base adventure elements complete with it is it's own world of magical arts and language.
Though somewhat slow to start, the story of Kvothe goes for 700 pages and that's only until he's 15. It's a great story though the happy ending is often just beyond his grasp. It was slow to start, but a good story and I'll continue the series. ...more
Though somewhat slow to start, the story of Kvothe goes for 700 pages and that's only until he's 15. It's a great story though the happy ending is often just beyond his grasp. It was slow to start, but a good story and I'll continue the series. ...more
There are 10 kinds of books: the ones that you have to keep persuading yourself to keep on going and the ones that grab you by the shortails and drag you into their depths, instantly. This book falls under the latter and if you haven't read it yet, you are doing a grave disservice to your mind.
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3.5 stars, I just can't give it 4 when it hasn't weathered well in my memory or upon further rereads. See my review of The Wise Man's Fear for some thoughts about this book, and the series as a whole.
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Apr 02, 2008
Julianne
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Nov 09, 2009
Gaijinmama
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Feb 04, 2010
Joanna
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Dec 07, 2011
Heather
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Dec 20, 2011
Natalya
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Oct 24, 2012
Cora
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it was amazing
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Dec 04, 2012
Jayme Pendergraft
marked it as to-read
Feb 05, 2014
Brittany
marked it as to-read
