The Name of the Wind

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• The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle 1), by Patrick Rothfuss

  Home Contact us Posts Comments There’s probably never been a more difficult time to make your fantasy debut than right now: with an array of writers forging off in new and interesting directions, and others working along more classical lines in the b ... (read full critics)

  bookgeeks published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• Book Review: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

  A man walks into an inn – let’s call it the Waystone Inn – and he sees its owner behind the bar – let’s call him Kote . Kote is a quiet man who keeps to himself, full of lines on his face and scars in his body; He looks old but he is not yet thirty. ... (read full critics)

  thebooksmugglers published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

8 Reviews

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  Biography of a legend

  This is the best book I've read in a long time. At first I was put off by the main character. You've seen him before in other books: the hero/magician/king/etc. who gave up a life of glory/power to hide from his past. But as soon as he began to tell his story, I began to like the guy, who was quic ... (continue)

  This is the best book I've read in a long time. At first I was put off by the main character. You've seen him before in other books: the hero/magician/king/etc. who gave up a life of glory/power to hide from his past. But as soon as he began to tell his story, I began to like the guy, who was quick to admit his own faults in retrospect, and who is being changed in the now by the retelling of his own story. By halfway through, I was stealing moments to read a few more pages, and staying up past my bedtime every night until it was done.

  To those interested in this book, be aware that this is the first in a series of books. I don't know how many there will be, but I can see three or four easily. At the end of this book, the main character is still young (late teens/early twenties?), and even after he is done telling his life story, up until the "present day," there is the plot line occuring "now" to contend with too.

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  KyotoCutie said on Aug 21, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  I found quite hard to believe many readers have talked about this book as the best they've ever read...
  I must say this surely was a pleasant reading and I'm also looking forward for the sequel, but I had the idea that this book resembled too much "Oliver Twist" in the first part and "Harry Potter" ... (continue)

  I found quite hard to believe many readers have talked about this book as the best they've ever read...
  I must say this surely was a pleasant reading and I'm also looking forward for the sequel, but I had the idea that this book resembled too much "Oliver Twist" in the first part and "Harry Potter" in the second...
  I do hope the second work of this author to have a footprint of his own

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  truthkeeper said on Oct 31, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  I found this book to be a realistic, fantastic novel. What I mean is that it uses more realistic explanations to explain the more fantastical parts of the book. As a science major, I found this to be very delightful and interesting.

  On top of that, this book has a wonderful main character wh ... (continue)

  I found this book to be a realistic, fantastic novel. What I mean is that it uses more realistic explanations to explain the more fantastical parts of the book. As a science major, I found this to be very delightful and interesting.

  On top of that, this book has a wonderful main character who you can really feel for and love and the story itself will have you waiting for more.

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  hypnotic_shower said on Feb 25, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Second read through, before The Wise Man's Fear. A better read the second time, can pick out the little clues that Pat placed for the next two books.

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  AlteredSoul said on Mar 4, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  Very, very good fantasy novel. It pissed me a little bit that the protagonist was such a super-human character. Otherwise I'm really looking forward for the next instalment.

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  Isam said on Aug 29, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Not quite as good as it is often said to be, but still a very enjoyable fantasy debut. I can see where some of the Harry Potter comparisons come from as well.

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  Dyskarsia said on Nov 24, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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• Paperback 896 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0575081384
• ISBN-13: 9780575081383
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Pub date: Sep 20, 2007
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
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