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Mark Goldshtein asked this question about The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1):
Is this book hard? I am thinking of picking this for my Grade 9 book club. I had a bad experience with Steven Erikson's Malazan Empire books, so is this book hard to understand/read?
Jennifer Not a particularly hard read, it is huge and will take some time for kids to get through. Some gorgeous imagery you can discuss. Really good "epic her…moreNot a particularly hard read, it is huge and will take some time for kids to get through. Some gorgeous imagery you can discuss. Really good "epic hero" story elements that you could pull in as well.
One of those books that begs to be re-read to see how everything is pulling together that was merely foreshadowed the first time around.

(Be aware that book #2 has an epic multi-chapter sex scene. Up til that point it was pretty tame...did mention prostitutes, but wasn't any more out there than Finnikin of the Rock and other YA choices).(less)
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Nathan Hunt And the sex scenes were not very tame at all. It wasn't really pornographic, but it didn't shy away from the happenings, either. ...more
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