The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 28, 2009 Roshio rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I had my eye on this book for about 2 years and I couldn't decide if it was worth buying or not. In the end I decided against buying it and just got it from the library. I ended up half way through stroking my cheek against the book telling it how much i loved it. It was that good! I read a review here on goodreads with someone saying how much they couldn't stand the fact that Kvothe is so good at everything, but I really like that fact, Rothfuss handled that well.

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Mar 31, 2010 Jesslyn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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THE best Fantasy novel of 2009, IMHO

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May 15, 2009 Awallens rated it really liked it

My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone
has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree. "The Flame" is obvious
if you've ever seen me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a couple of hundred years ago I would probably been burned as a demon. I keep it short
but it's unruly. When left to its own My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone
has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree. "The Flame" is obvious
if you've ever seen me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a couple of hundred years ago I would probably been burned as a demon. I keep it short
but it's unruly. When left to its own devices, it sticks up and makes me look as if I've been set afire. "The Thunder" I attribute to a strong baritone
and a great deal of stage training at an early age. I've never thought of "The Broken Tree" as very significant. Although in retrospect, I suppose it could
be considered at least partially prophetic. My first mentor called me E'lir because I was clever and I knew it. My first real lover called me Dulator because
she liked the sound of it. I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and Six-String. I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe
Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought and paid for them. But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant "to know." I have, of
course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.
I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at
a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during the day. I have talked to Gods, loved women,
and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me. So begins the tale of Kvothe - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players
to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic.
In these pages you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But THE NAME
OF THE WIND is so much more - for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend.
I found this book long but ultimately satisfying. At first I just wanted the book to move along but it's obvious why Rothfuss sets the pace he does, and I'm delighted by it. I love the intrigue at the end and I hope the next book is out soon. Rothfuss's skill with words is fun to read, and don't give up on this book to soon for if you do, you'll be missing a treat.
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Mar 29, 2014 Kari rated it liked it · review of another edition

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This book started with a lot of promise and excitement for me. But about 1/3rd of the way through I became bored with the story and it never really picked up for me again. I did finish the book with a lot of questions about different characters and their intentions and back stories. I did enjoy the interludes with the interacations betweek Kote, Chronicaler and Bast and wished that would have been more of the story not just a memoir type thing.

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