Amazing half a book...

Patrick Rothfuss is a out and out genius. His writing is poetic yet accurate and builds a engrossing world. It is such a let down that such a great read cannot be finished. I have listened to the slow regard for silent things, and the first half of his second book. But for some reason the second part of both books are not available in Africa. I know that Africa is a backwards continent but at least do us the decency to finish a great story. This Internet is slow enough already......

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One of the best books I have ever listened to

What did you love best about The Name of the Wind (Part One)?

Great story, engaging characters, this is a book that will hold your attention from cover to cover or you will find reasons to take a very long drive just to hear more.

What about Rupert Degas’s performance did you like?

Excellent and believable performance brings the story to life

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Totally overrated story

in spite of all the rave reviews of this book, i found this story slow, directionless, and at times down right boring. i should have read all the reviews that complained about the lack of an underlying plot to this story before wasting 29 hours listening to this.
no i will not reading the 2nd book, and as for third ... who cares?

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Amaising Book, Amaising Performance

What did you love best about The Name of the Wind (Part One)?

First and foremost I have to comment that the performance that Rupert Degas gave in this book was absolutely stunning. He truly gave life to the characters. Even though I read the accents as different when reading the paper version, Rupert takes his impression of the characters to hights and actually fills the characters with more life than my imagination did. Nice One Mate

What did you like best about this story?

This story was truly new and distinct for me. As one that has been mired in classic Tolkien style fantasy since childhood Patrick Rothfuss has given me a vivid new world to lose myself in.

Though the story in the first book doesn't try to paint a huge amount of detail about the world you do get a clear indication of the time and technology of the setting. What Patrick does do is give a wonderful interplay between characters that are both believable and unique. The book is very character centric ,as you would expect from a book written mainly in the first person, but it is the quality that the characters are realised that makes this book truly a work of art. I can't wait for the next book. (*looks sternly at the publishing company for not releasing it sooner >8 | )

The only problem I had with the book (and let me say this is the moan of a person that wants more than is good for him) is that it finished too soon. Like one of those batman tv shows that stops just as things get really intense. I know its not a good reason to give the story 4 stars instead of 5, but since the next book in the series is not available in australia we can all just blame the publisher ;)

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Casually sexist throughout

This book is almost great but as much as I tried to ignore the casual sexism in it, I could not. Every single female character is described first and foremost in terms of their desirability to make characters. There is an inordinate amount of hair flicking and sweet smiles. Occasionally he tries to make them a bit badass but even these instances read more as an man's erotic fantasy of a 'strong' woman then as a genuine attempt to write a cool character who also happens to be a woman. This was really disappointing because this is otherwise a great story. I just felt too alienated as a woman. I'm not going to try the second book as apparently it gets even worse (I Googled after I finished reading it to see if anyone else had commented on its sexism, they have).

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One of the best book v narrator combos

Every year or so, I reread this book and its sequel - that should tell you how amazing it is.
Rupert Degas is one of the most talented narrators I've ever listened to - the sheer depth and breadth of his characters, leaves me astounded every time I pick up these books

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teenage heroic fantasy adventure novel

good writing and performance, but I want my 28 hours back! it's much longer than it should be, and the ending is meant to entice the reader to buy the next book, which is even longer.
The book does a surprisingly good job at introducing that world of strange magic, and explaining its source, which even makes sense to some degree. The characters, however could use more depth. Overall a captivating read, but leaves some things to be desired.

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Not quite 5 stars

While well written, book is a bit slow in parts and the adventures become repetitive. Reading is good.

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Dont start until he bothers to finish - he wont

Honestly Patrick Rothfuss has done a great job on these two books ... but it has taken many many years and all he has done is ride the celeb status doing interviews and seemingly mucking about. Don't even bother starting this book until he gets himself together and finishes the series or you will be left hanging and feeling as annoyed as I do.

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What a sob story!

Kvoth the lead character insists in the beginning that he doesn't need or want pity. Then why does the writer makes us feel pity for him all throughout part 1?

Frankly speaking, Kvoth needs a dose of humour. I would recommend Brandon Sanderson's mistborn series than this.

And why is this sob story in two parts? It's like paying for something twice. Makes you feel cheated for a book which really isn't worth it.

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