Loved itI adored this book so, so very much. I'm also just a sucker for a book that has a school, particularly a magical kind of school setting.
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The Name of the Wind (2007)
Others: Mostly positive The Name of the Wind, also called The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle. It was published on March 27, 2007, by DAW Books, the novel has been hailed as a masterpiece of high fantasy. The story begins the tale of Kvothe (pronounced "quothe"), a young man who becomes the most notorious magician his world has ever known. Kvothe narrates his own journey, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to his years as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, and his daring entrance into a prestigious and perilous school of magic. Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel has been praised for its fresh and earthy originality, transporting readers into the mind of a wizard and the world that shaped him. It explores the truth behind the legend of a hero and how one can become entangled in their own mythology. Rothfuss's powerful storytelling and robust writing have earned him comparisons to renowned fantasy authors such as Tad Williams, George R. R. Martin, and Robert Jordan. Followed by: The Wise Man's Fear (Source: special note from the publisher)
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- 9780756413712
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- 667 pages
Genres: fantasy, mystery, young adult
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Brandon Sanderson
2010 · 1008 pages · 47 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveWidely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, Brandon Sanderson now begins a grand cycle of his own, one every bit as ambitious and immersive. Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars are fought for them, and won by them. One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable. Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by overpowering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity. Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under the eminent scholar and notorious heretic Jasnah Kholin, Dalinar’s niece. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan’s motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war. The result of more than ten years of planning, writing, and worldbuilding, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making. Speak again the ancient oaths, Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. and return to men the Shards they once bore. The Knights Radiant must stand again. -From Cover Flap
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Loved itThis was the book that truly started my reading journey. I was gifted this book 4 or 5 years ago for my birthday. It really changed how I looked at books.
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Not a fanI read The Name of the Wind and like those are such prolific fantasy books and I didn't love them because I need something different in my books to enjoy them.
Loved itI know I loved this book. I genuinely really like this book... even though I do think this first book is very good. Like I did really like it.
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MixedI thought name of the wind was okay it was interesting not a whole lot happening to justify that amount of page count but again I do enjoy a good Academy setting so that was done really well
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Loved itI think it's interesting Name of the Wind had a good as well like when they were sitting inscribing the runes and I can't remember the magic.
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Loved itI truly think that this is a wonderfully written book and that a lot of the hate around it really is a hate for the author and not so much for the book itself
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Loved itI absolutely love the time I have spent in this world I love the time I have spent with quo the main character the main protagonist of this story it he I mean come on it speaks to me he comes from a family of traveling performers and actors right there you had me at the get-go the pros in this is absolutely luscious it is gorgeous it is beautiful
Mixedwhich i was for sure this was in the god tier last time i did this video but i think i'm going to put it down one it's just been so long and i still don't know when the last book's coming out and it's making me resent it a bit
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Loved itpatrick rothfuss the name of the wind easily among the most enjoyable books i've read in 2020 i still remember how much fun i had discovering the new developments in the tragic and exciting life of this protagonist of krothy this truly talented kid doing his best to survive in this wonderfully crafted fantasy world
Loved itI think Patrick rothos writes beautifully just incredibly and his world and the cultures he creates are just wonderful
Loved itI didn't expect to love it but I do. I love it. I love the prominence of storytelling I love Kvothe.
Loved itThis one, as well as the first book in the Kingiller Chronicles series, The Name of the Wind, are so mind-blowing, I can't describe it.
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Loved itBut Patrick Rothfuss' writing style in this book, it just blew me away.
Loved iti love the name of the wind i do like the first one a little bit more than the second one and it's just a lot of fun you have a boarding school feel you have magic you have mystery you have adventure
Loved itthis is a five-star book in every sense of the word it's absolutely amazing