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The Name of the Wind
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January 1, 2014
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January 31, 2014

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Bonnie
Mar 02, 2011 rated it it was amazing
If you are going to read one door-stopper fantasy this year this should be it. A Game of Thrones is the hot commodity in this market right now, but I’m going to lay it out there and say that I think Name of the Wind is better. Or at least more enjoyable (it has 100% less twincest and while harm does befall children, there is way less child killing/child attempted killing/etc).

This is also more of a “classic” high fantasy: talented young boy goes on to become a legend. The nice thing is that he i
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Susan
Feb 25, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Aug 13, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Feb 14, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition