has anyone started The Name of the Wind?

[TheThirdLie, Houdini Mod]

There are - I'm surprised someone has already finished it really.

Some did start a few days before August though, so they've gotten a head start.

[Glodson, MIA Mod]

I used to be that fast.

Well, I still am. It is just harder now to read uninterrupted.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Glodson wrote: "I used to be that fast.

Well, I still am. It is just harder now to read uninterrupted."

amen to that! Ever since I started watching my nephew who is 8 months old, its really hard to read uninterrupted

[Glodson, MIA Mod]

The little girl here is just about 7 and half months old.

And she has an uncanny knack for going for the one thing you don't want her to have. And she's starting to stand up....

She's trouble.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Glodson wrote: "The little girl here is just about 7 and half months old.

And she has an uncanny knack for going for the one thing you don't want her to have. And she's starting to stand up....

She's trouble."

oh I feel your pain. The day after he learned to crawl he started pulling up. He is into anything and everything, and he goes after everything you tell him no about. Even baby gates haven't deterred him much

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Alexander wrote: "I'm on page 16.

This will be a slow one, methinks."

It starts a bit slow but it starts to pick up. The first 80 pages or so is just laying out who the characters are

[Glodson, MIA Mod]

We don't have baby gates, but we might need them soon....

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

Alexander wrote: "Oh I'm sure.

I'm just saying I don't think I'll be done with it this week."

I'm hoping I will finish by this week, I got and started the book last week, yet in only on page 325, for some reason I'm just not reading this book very fast. It usually doesn't take me 2 weeks to read a book

[Nora aka Diva, The Diva Mod]

Well it arrived today & I have started reading. PLEASE tell me it just starts out slow.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

It doesn't even start out slow it just builds up slowly its more of a brisk walk than a sprint to get to the heart of the story

[Apollo]

I second Sean's hatred of Terry Brooks.

[Nora aka Diva, The Diva Mod]

Dian wrote: "It doesn't even start out slow it just builds up slowly its more of a brisk walk than a sprint to get to the heart of the story"

That doesn't sound very promising. o.O I have reached chapter two and am hoping something interesting will happen soon.

[Andra]

Sean wrote: "Well... yeah, I s'pose not, thanks. XD
But there seem to be some wicked fast readers in this club. <_<"

I hope I don't make you feel bad! Take your time you got a month. Plus I'm on vacation so I think it doesn't count. Enjoy reading it.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

I actually liked chapter 2 I found it random and funny

[Mary]

I just hope to finish it this month. I'm at the beginning of chapter 10 and I thought that was an accomplishment. This is going to be a slow read for me and I seem to be busy, that's a bad combo.

[Sean]

I'm glad I'm not alone in my hatred of Terry Brooks. :smileymad:
But I'm glad I didn't write off Patrick Rothfuss because of it. I'm on page 66 of Name of the Wind now and I'm enjoying it quite well.

And really, I don't know what I was so scared of. Clearly Terry Brooks tends to like good fiction and fantasy. He blantantly copies good stories all the time. (And does a poor job of it.)

[Mary]

I like the book too. I didn't want to seem like I didn't. It's just taking me longer to read than some others do. It's just how it goes sometimes. To page 97 now. :D

[Lildreamelf]

i finally started reading the book. i didn't read the back or do any research or read the reviews. i'm either on chapter four or five. since i was reading in bed before i went to sleep, i'm a little foggy on which chapter, but I'll know it when i see it. in fact, i was very interested. i think i'm going to stick with reading before i go to bed to entice me to go to bed earlier. problem i foresee with that is i might not actually go to sleep earlier. so far, i'm really enjoying the book and i haven't gotten very far with it.

[Glodson, MIA Mod]

It gets better.

It really does. I think you'll like it.

[Lildreamelf]

oh i have no doubt. i've read enough books with a slow start that it hasn't been putting me off lately. in fact, its the slow start with a confusing storyline or one where all the characters run into each other that tend to put me off more. in fact, i had to make myself put it down last night.

[Glodson, MIA Mod]

One of the things I liked is that while it has a nice, and rich, feel to the world, it is easily accessible. Quickly, things make sense, and it is easy to understand what is going on.

Unlike Gardens of the Moon, which I really like, but is so dense with the world, it is hard to understand at first.

[Lildreamelf]

i think the first Kushiel book was that way too. and the first time i read The Lord of the Rings i was pretty lost too. but for me, this is a nice easy read. now, please arrange for me not to have any more emergencies today, k? bye for now. email me at work if you need me.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

For me the book isn't so much slow but almost misleading in a sense. The back blurb and first few chapters give you a glimpse of all the legends that surround kvouthe yet the further you get into it I got impatient to see any of it. I think my problem was the story within the story aspect you know where his character ends up and I was anxious to see how he ended up there, yet it wasn't till you got 300 pages in before he even got to the school. I guess I'm just an impatient reader, if it wasn't for the story with in the story I don't think I'd have ad big of an issue with it.

[TheThirdLie, Houdini Mod]

The story within a story thing is one of my favorite things about it. :D Mostly because it really does build up anticipation. There aren't many books that keep me thinking about it after I'm finished, but with this one... I don't know, I keep just thinking about the story and characters. It's great.

[Dian, Crazy Nooooob Mod! :D]

I enjoy it but it was like I keep anticipating something huge coming around the corner, kept waiting for some huge revelations or action that helped me understand the direction of the character and the book. I wanted to know quickly how the character became who he was and how he got to the inn. It just took me awhile to realize that this story isn't like that, it builds slowly which isn't bad just different from what I expect from the way the beginning started off. Once I got past that I was able to settle in and enjoy the story. But it wasn't till the scene where he is getting ready to perform for the first time at the club that I got emotionally invested in the character

[Apollo]

For anyone who can't afford the book ATM. You may or may not be able to find it on the pirate bay. Hope the Glod and Jamie don't mind me throwing that information out there.