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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

Patrick Rothfuss

Start date: January 1, 2023

Finish date: January 31, 2023

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May 10, 2012 Kara rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, series

I'd recommend this one to anyone who loves fantasy. I can't believe I waited so long to start. This was a tremendous, epic, beautifully written story. I don't typically expect my fantasy to have great writing and character building, and this one just completely blew me away.

Bravo, Rothfuss. Bravo. ...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Kristi rated it really liked it

Shelves: fourstars, fantasy, up-til-3am

Kvothe, pronounced like "Quothe", is quite a main character. At least, he's quite a character in the story he is telling about his own life. For that is the conciet of this tale, that a Kvothe who has faked his own death and is living a very quiet, overly quiet his apprentice Bast would say, life as an innkeeper in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. He is telling his tale to a famous scribe who has managed to find him and this first book is the first day's worth of tale from Kvothe to the scr ...more

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Dec 03, 2007 Emily rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi

While I don't agree that this is the "next Harry Potter," this was a great fantasy novel. Basically, the main character's name is Kvothe (pronounced basically like "quothe"). Although he now lives and passes as a normal bartender, we discover that he has the kind of past that has earned him the name "Kingkiller." The book is his history, as told by him to Chronicler. This first book takes us through most of his early life and college years (which begin at 15). Although the bulk of the story take ...more

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Apr 06, 2010 Stacia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-read, audiobook, epic-fantasy, favorites, scififantasyclubbooks

I highly recommend this book. I was so intrigued by the story that I hated having to wait for the narrator of the audiobook (who did an excellent job) to read. I wanted to have the book in my hand so I could stay up all night reading. The voice of the main character & narrator, Kvothe, is refreshing and true to the character. I can't wait for days 2 & 3. ...more

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