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The Name of the Wind
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Start date
August 1, 2014
Finish date
August 31, 2014

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Carrie
And I have finished this masterpiece.

The Name of the Wind gripped me into it's web and held me like a book hasn't done in some time. I ate, slept, breathed this book. I needed, not wanted, but actually felt like I needed to be reading it, when I wasn't I wished I was. I have loved many stories, I have given many 5 stars. But not all have made me feel as if I needed it to survive.

A new favorite, that will be loved over and over again.

Who needs food or sleep when you have The Name of the Wind


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Silvana
I was prepared to give four stars at least when I started reading it. I only read one novella from Rothfuss so far and it got me hooked to his eloquent writing. This book started really strong, I really enjoyed it but my pace was ruined everytime the main character bumped into his girl (which were ALOT) and the story became so YA emo romance (read: friggin boring).

And why for Balerion's sake there has to be a dragon in it. I hated the last book of Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy for its dragon-stu
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Bruce
Jan 23, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: grpl
Held my interest throughout. I enjoyed the method of storytelling which through reminiscences.
Rod Dunsmore
Oct 25, 2012 rated it really liked it
Interesting book. Good story telling. Interesting his take on magic in this, tying it into the world in a more believable, limited, way. You also see complexity in the characters, how a guy can turn into the thing he's pretending to be if he stays at it long enough. ...more
Adriano
Sep 07, 2023 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
Quite excellent. I love the way this is written. I feel like Kvothe is an arrogant MFer but these people exist in the world. Lots of parallels to past trauma and dealing with life. Weird relationship issues I can identify with. Thanks for nudging me to read this...
Laura Seagraves
Nov 21, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2012
A little rambling.
Jeffrey Hoover
Jan 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Lonnie
Jan 22, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jerry Gaiser
Mar 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: epic-fantasy
Patricia
Mar 25, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
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Jul 24, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
Anna
Jan 08, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Ilan
Mar 17, 2013 marked it as to-read
Matthew Elmslie
Apr 29, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy
Jason
Jun 17, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
Mark
Jun 23, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy
Janine Caburian
Jul 10, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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