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Thoughts on The Name of the Wind
Posted on 11/17/17 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 11/17/17 at 7:57 pm
Just got it today in the mail and will crack it open Sunday morning for sure. I'm not a fantasy guy and have only read ASOIAF and love it. Just trying to change it up and get into some fantasy. Did y'all enjoy?
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Posted on 11/18/17 at 7:30 am to Dubosed
I really enjoyed it a lot, though it took maybe 5 or so chapters to really hook me in. This is one of those books that I enjoy more on audio book, partially because the narrator is so good, and partially because Rothfuss (the author) does some fun things with rhyming and word play that I didn't pick up on when I just read it.
The stories and characters and settings are good, but the way the story is told is what really stands out about this book.
The stories and characters and settings are good, but the way the story is told is what really stands out about this book.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 7:45 am to Dubosed
I really enjoyed it and A Wise Man's Fear.
The magic system is interesting in that it is kind of based in science if that makes sense.
The magic system is interesting in that it is kind of based in science if that makes sense.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 6:32 pm to Dubosed
Rothfuss is a huge shite head. He’s got the best prose in the game though. Dude writes beautifully.
Posted on 11/18/17 at 7:39 pm to Kvothe
How's the road to Tinue?
Posted on 11/19/17 at 2:14 pm to TigerNutwhack
That fat frick is never gonna finish that third book.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 8:14 am to Big Chipper
Still trying to write a story where Kvothe ends up a poor college student.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 9:00 am to Dubosed
One of the great fantasy novels of the past 25 years. Truly, in my mind, a masterwork.
Too bad that Rothfuss is a headcase and more focused on everything else but finishing book 3
Too bad that Rothfuss is a headcase and more focused on everything else but finishing book 3
Posted on 11/22/17 at 9:29 am to Kvothe
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Rothfuss is a huge shite head. He’s got the best prose in the game though. Dude writes beautifully.
Bingo. It's unfortunate he became completely unhinged during the last election.
Loved the books, but I just don't think we'll ever see the conclusion.
Posted on 11/22/17 at 9:15 pm to Dubosed
It is fantastic with a minor diversion or two. A Wise Man's Fear is... Far worse. Talk about meandering.
Posted on 11/23/17 at 6:52 am to LoveThatMoney
You don't like 100 pages of fairy fricking?
Posted on 11/24/17 at 12:14 am to Kvothe
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He’s got the best prose in the game though. Dude writes beautifully.
I've never read anyone who writes in a way that genuinely has a musical feel to it. The scenes where he's describing Kvothe's playing or singing are close to magical, simply incredibly done.
Don't get me started on the plot mess that is the second book (or really the entire series up to this point if you really think about it).
Posted on 11/24/17 at 10:42 am to FootballNostradamus
He's a beautiful writer.
But he's a shithead of a person and if successful publishers were able to force their writers to accept real editors that whole silly and cringeworthy 100 page long sex scene in the second book would have been cut.
I have my doubts that we'll ever see the third book.
But he's a shithead of a person and if successful publishers were able to force their writers to accept real editors that whole silly and cringeworthy 100 page long sex scene in the second book would have been cut.
I have my doubts that we'll ever see the third book.
Posted on 11/24/17 at 3:17 pm to Big Chipper
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That fat frick is never gonna finish that third book.
This is starting to be a theme.
I agree with everyone else. Fantastic writing but I doubt it's ever finished.
Posted on 11/24/17 at 6:25 pm to ALLin4LSU
It's one of my all time favorites to be honest.
To everyone saying he isn't going to finish: I think he will, it will just be a lot longer than we want. He's already finished a manuscript, but in the edits of the first two books they changed so much that he's having to re-work the last book I think. Also, I think he has some serious depression issues that make him feel a ton of pressure to finish it.
To everyone saying he isn't going to finish: I think he will, it will just be a lot longer than we want. He's already finished a manuscript, but in the edits of the first two books they changed so much that he's having to re-work the last book I think. Also, I think he has some serious depression issues that make him feel a ton of pressure to finish it.
Posted on 11/28/17 at 11:58 am to Dubosed
Kvothe is a Gary Stu
Still, I am enjoying the second book currently
Still, I am enjoying the second book currently
Posted on 11/28/17 at 10:32 pm to Dubosed
I finished it up this morning. Enjoyed it start to finish and Rothfuss really does write beautifully. Probably will wait a few months before I start the second one though.
Posted on 11/30/17 at 9:09 pm to Fun Bunch
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One of the great fantasy novels of the past 25 years. Truly, in my mind, a masterwork
I’ve told this same to people several times irl. It is exceptional for the genre.
Posted on 12/1/17 at 12:15 am to Kvothe
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I’ve told this same to people several times irl. It is exceptional for the genre.
Meh, it;s a solid novel that's calling point is it's excellent prose. But the story is pretty generic and standard fantasy fare that's been done a bazillion times in fantasy. The plot meanders all over the place and has pacing issues. Definitely not even close to being one of the best novels of the last 25 years, definitely not a masterwork.
The second book falls off horribly, a big pile of meh that is basically Rothfuss wanking on the page with author wish fulfillment, it's silly and pointless.
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