Reading The Name of the Wind

[Don]

It is obviously not a Realms book, but I picked up The Name of the Wind and started to read it this week. Anyone read it? Have any preliminary, non-spoiler thoughts? It has been recommended to me by multiple people and one friend has nagged me for years.

Forty pages in and it is a bit of a slow start, but good. I see there is a lot of a new world in the background of this novel and I look forward to exploring it as I read. I also like the mystery presented by Kotes and his past. I think Rothfluss has set his world and character building up well as the book begins, though I could see how some folks would consider it a slow start.

Happy reading, all.

[Raechel]

Don wrote: "It is obviously not a Realms book, but I picked up The Name of the Wind and started to read it this week. Anyone read it? Have any preliminary, non-spoiler thoughts? It has been recom..."

I have not read this but I've seen it recommended a lot. I know it's a pretty big book and a series at that if I'm remembering it right? I've decided to just have one epic fantasy series going at a time so I'm working on catching up through the Game of Thrones book (I'm going to read book 5 in May), and then a friend of mine really wants me to read some Sanderson so I'm going to give that a shot in June.

[Don]

Raechel wrote: "I know it's a pretty big book and a series at that if I'm remembering it right?"

That's it. My Kindle version of The Name of the Wind is 695 pages: it's a good amount of pages to tell a proper story. It is one of three books in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Sadly, like A Song of Ice and Fire, it is unfinished. Book three is nowhere to be seen and the author seems to have given up.

Raechel wrote: "I've decided to just have one epic fantasy series going at a time so I'm working on catching up through the Game of Thrones book (I'm going to read book 5 in May) ..."

Good plan, and hopefully you have not been disappointed in A Song of Ice and Fire. I LOVE the series and have read them three times. I wish Martin would finish the series, but he's getting so old that I do not think it's happening.

Raechel wrote: "... a friend of mine really wants me to read some Sanderson so I'm going to give that a shot in June."

I wholeheartedly agree with your friend! Sanderson is a fantastic writer, in the vein of Robert Jordan. The Mistborn trilogy is right up there with Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia and A Song of Ice and Fire for me. Can't wait to see your thoughts.