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

Patrick Rothfuss

Start date: January 1, 2019

Finish date: March 31, 2019

Discussion: Name of the Wind - Jan-Mar 2019

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Mar 11, 2019 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019, own, completist-book-club, fantasy

For a long time, this book has sat upon my shelf. I never read synopsis anymore, so anything I knew about it was word of mouth. Based on the few things I heard and the image on the cover, this book was not what I expected.

Many people have sung the praises of this book and it has come very highly recommended. Unfortunately I have to say *ducks behind nearest fortified object*, it was just okay for me. Not bad, mind you, but it did not blow my mind, either.

I thought both the beginning and the end ...more

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Jan 31, 2018 Scarlett Readz and Runz....Through Novel Time & Distance rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I FINISHED IT ! ♡♡♡

489,968 ratings on GR the moment I write this.
69% of the ratings are 5 stars.
30,623 reviews without mine….

30,624…here we go:

5 GLORIOUS STARS to The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

This novel reads effortlessly and timeless. It is the kind of book you will get lost in as you may have perhaps when you were a kid reading on long summer days, or under cover hiding during bed time. Kvothe’s journey is captivating and takes you away along with him to distant places as he is c ...more

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Mar 29, 2017 Caroline rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook

READ IN JAN 2019 STILL incredible and a favourite. Reading it again I found some little bits I hadn't noticed before that helped add some concrete evidence to a theory I have so that was nice. Nothing really compares to this book. I adore it and will probably read it many more times.

READ IN 2017 RECENTLY had a super bad migraine so I listened to the audiobook of this and oh boy it was so great. The narrator was absolutely amazing. Considering this was my first audiobook I was very impressed! I ...more

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May 19, 2017 James Joyce rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: poetry, isolation, favorites, fantasy, adventure, other-dimensions, aa-have-a-copy, a-fiction, setting-a-a-a-university-school-etc, aa-series-part-of

Rothfuss is now one of my favourite authors. I so enjoyed this that I moved (at 60% in) to tweet him a "thank you", for the experience.

A magical system (or two magical systems, really) that are unique in my experience. And the magic of sympathy is so well-described that, in a couple of places, I realized the danger that Kvothe (long "o") was placing himself in, before it was demonstrated. In most fantasy novels, the magic is whatever the author tells you it is, from scene to scene.

I like this. I ...more

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