The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician 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-ridden 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 and mind of a wizard. It is a high-action novel written with a poet's hand, a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through his eyes: to read this book is to be the hero.
Customer Review
This book was pressed into my hands during the second week of January. I read through it in a couple of days and demanded part 2. It's a very refreshing fantasy novel which comes across as a diary written by the main character. The story kinda reminded me of the world sketched by G.R.R. Martin, where death and poverty have as big a role as magic and might. Now I'll just have to wait for part 3.
Staff Choice: Iris
I'd been aware of this book for a very long time before I finally decided to pick it up myself; I'd been putting it off because I was afraid that it had been hyped up too much and I'd be disappointed. I was wrong.
The Name of the Wind is the first part in a series which chronicles the life of the main character Kvothe, as told by Kvothe himself. This first part is the first of three nights of storytelling and it's absolutely amazing. The world that Rothfuss created for this series is complicated and rich and because Rothfuss doesn't do info dumps, it took me a while to get into it. But once I did, I was completely hooked and, like the rest of the fanbase, I'm currently impatiently waiting for part 3.
Customer Review
After reading A Game of Thrones I decided I wanted to get into fantasy again. I looked around on Goodreads and stumbled on this amazing book. The Name of the Wind had very high ratings but reading the comments made me realize people either love it, or hate it. I picked it up anyway and read it within a week. I loved it. The writing is fantastic, the story is brilliant, and the main character charmed me from te beginning. If I had to pick a favorite book for 2014 it would be this one. I URGED everyone to put this on their reading list.
Customer Review
Book 1 of the Kingkiller Chronicles series. I give this book a 4 star rating because of the fun story of the University: the admission tests, the classes, the skills to be learned, the hanging out with good friends, the colourful teachers, the hard times Kvothe had as a student while having no money at all, and the LIBRARY (or let's say the lack of a long description of it!)
Customer Review
"It was night again. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence in three parts." This book had me spellbound from the prologue. It is the first part of the Kingkiller Chronicles. A beautifully written fantasy novel about the man behind the legendary hero Kvothe. The only drawback in the series is that the third installment has not been written yet.