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At the bookstore the other day a passerby in the isle and I were talking about some books and shortly after I recommended Worldwound Gambit and the Pathfinder Tales line in general, he suggested The Name of the Wind (and a Warhammer novel titled The Red Duke but I wasn't so interested).
I am, however, interested in what other Paizonians say about The Name of the Wind -- what it's basically about and how detailed and dynamic the characters are, if the style of writing is complicated or simple, introverted or full of action -- that kind of stuff. And how good you think it is and why.
Anyone who's read Rothfuss and has an opinion who'd like to share your impressions, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
Excellent for a male witch!
A traveler's/tinker's* debt is always paid:
Once for any simple trade
Twice for freely given aid
Thrice for any insult made
from "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.
*changed from tinker's
I thought The Name of the Wind was awesome, awesome, awesome!
I idly picked it up one day because it had a blurb from Ursula Le Guin extolling its virtues and enjoyed it. It got passed around my gaming group--not a big bunch of fantasy readers--and they all loved it, too.
IIRC, you're a professor, so I shouldn't think you'd find it complicated at all. I'd say it was much more introverted than action-packed.
Most people found the follow-up, The Wise Man's Fear a bit disappointing, but I liked it.
Anyway, there's a thread...I'll go bump it for you.