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

Patrick Rothfuss

Start date: October 1, 2012

Finish date: October 31, 2012

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#18 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
#3 on Locus Magazines Best Fantasy novels of the 21th century http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCentu...

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Nov 16, 2011 Bee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourite, audiobook, hero-fantasy, epic-fantasy

Wow... The hype, this lived up to and surpassed it. Great writing, fluid style, detailed realistic characters. It is heroic sword and sorcery fantasy at it's best. The ending was a little more abrupt than I'd hoped for, but the sequel has been recently published so I'm getting ready to put the earphones back in and get washed away to another shore.

[EDIT] After re-listening to this instant classic my love for Patrick Rothfuss deepens significantly. He has the gift of a true storyteller. I am inst ...more

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Dec 22, 2012 Andrea rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-fantasy, read-sorted

A well-written wet dream of a thirteen year old boy. I would have been annoyed by this book more, if it wasn't written so damn entertaining. But c'mon, Kvothe is such an incredible overachiever, I thought my face would get stuck in a perpetual cringe. Nobody is that amazing! Also, all women he meets are universally beautiful and have a thing for him. Um, no. And if Denna was so tired of men following her, she'd be staying clear of them, instead of jumping from one boyfriend to another... And let ...more

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