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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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  • 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 | Add your feedback

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  • Just great

  • Anyone who reads, and particularly those interested in fantasy, and more particularly fresh fantasy, NEEDS to read this book.

    

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• ― Cgj420 said on Jan 7, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature. A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.

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