The Name of the Wind
- ISBN13: 9780756405892
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The New York Times bestselling novel.
This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body a… More >>
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The Happy Artist said :
March 7, 2010 at 2:23 pm
900 page book. First in a series. Writes one a year. First book doesn’t even get our ‘hero’ all the way to the present. Why should I waste any more time? Patrick is a wonderful writer, maybe even a great one. I think this is a case of too smart to have any common sense. Heck of an ego though. You need to be a lot better than this to keep me reading for three years. Do you know how many books I’ll have read between now and next April when part two comes out? Do you seriously think I’m going to re-read the 900 pages of book one again so I can slide smoothly back into your world? What’s going to happen is I am going to see that a new book is out, I’ll curiously pick it up, remember how pissed I was AND that it will be another full year before the next one comes out and put it back on the shelf. Sorry bud, get an editor.
Rating: 1 / 5
D. Taylor said :
March 7, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I could not finish this book because it couldn’t keep my attention. To me, there was no climax, it didn’t build to anything. It kept going on and on and nothing was happening. I kept picking it back up hoping for a spark, but alas! I was disappointed.
Rating: 1 / 5
B. Seifert said :
March 7, 2010 at 3:16 pm
If you are looking for a Brandon Sanderson, Christopher Paolini, Middle Earth, or even Narnia, don’t bother! This author seems obsessed with childish bawdiness to the point where this morning I just had to put it down. I mean, let’s get past the potty humor and tell a story. With that said, I love a story that grips me right away and gets me interested in hearing what the rest of the book has to say. I tried and tried and just couldn’t find Kvothe interesting. This one will go unfinished and go…somewhere other than in my collection. Probably won’t be trying more from this author at the present time.
Rating: 1 / 5
The Critic said :
March 7, 2010 at 4:39 pm
This book is beyond dull. At over 660 pages, essentially nothing happens. It is a classic example of too much foreplay and not enough climax.
Rating: 2 / 5
norton850 said :
March 7, 2010 at 4:55 pm
I’m always suspicious of reviews that are out of line with the majority. So I wonder: What did I miss? After a promising start it got to the point that it became obvious that nothing of interest was ever going to happen. A little action wouldn’t have hurt anything. Yawn.
Rating: 2 / 5