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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

Patrick Rothfuss

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. Week 41: Magic

* Week 41: Progress Post
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Jun 14, 2017 Rae rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adult-fantasy, favorites

THIS. BOOK. IS. SO. GOOD.

The story of a character I've described as Tyrion meets Sherlock meets Aladdin to the 5 people I've already recommended it to, this book hits all the sweet spots. Magic school? Check. Protagonist you can't help but want to be? Check? Laugh out loud but also try desperately not to cry while reading in public? Check!

Recommend to everyone, this book is just so, so, so good. ...more

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Dec 24, 2018 William rated it really liked it · review of another edition

“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”

Wow. I can't remember the last time I was so consumed by a story (sneaking chapters every minute I could, carrying the book everywhere, losing sleep to get in just one more chapter). This was truly a masterpiece of fantasy and Rothfuss is such a talented storyteller. From page one I was hooked in the story of Kvothe and the h ...more

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Jul 05, 2016 Pratyusha Gupta rated it really liked it

Excellent story, not such a great main character (very little actual growth in the story).

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Nov 29, 2019 Rebecca rated it liked it

Shelves: physical-tbr

I finally finished this sweeping epic fantasy novel. It was a bit of a log for me. I would have enjoyed it more if we followed more than one story line. I am not sure that i will continue with the series.

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