Comments on: Book Review: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html Smuggling Since 2007 | Reviewing SF & YA since 2008 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Saniyah Wellman http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-53476 Saniyah Wellman Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:03:56 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-53476 Fantastic article. Really Great. Fantastic article. Really Great.

]]> By: joana http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-46658 joana Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:46:19 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-46658 i agree 200% to this review. its the best i have ever read of fantasy..the opening of the prologue was so perfectly written it was licking a chocolate fountain! this is the reason i never got around to going thru the first chapter of Game of Thrones given that it's #1 of the top25 fantasy books..how can I after reading the "wise man's fear" which more than lived up to my expectations? Of course Patrick Rothfuss has a lot to live up to..give a guy a break I say. For a great book like this..i am willing to wait no matter how agitated. If I can wait for the final Inheritance book by C.Paolini which was a long, heavy, dragging and such a headache to go thru...I can do anything for the KingKiller Chronicle. I LOVE this book on a shameless level! i agree 200% to this review. its the best i have ever read of fantasy..the opening of the prologue was so perfectly written it was licking a chocolate fountain!
this is the reason i never got around to going thru the first chapter of Game of Thrones given that it’s #1 of the top25 fantasy books..how can I after reading the “wise man’s fear” which more than lived up to my expectations? Of course Patrick Rothfuss has a lot to live up to..give a guy a break I say. For a great book like this..i am willing to wait no matter how agitated. If I can wait for the final Inheritance book by C.Paolini which was a long, heavy, dragging and such a headache to go thru…I can do anything for the KingKiller Chronicle. I LOVE this book on a shameless level!

]]> By: Brendan http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-40780 Brendan Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:17:13 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-40780 Reading this book is like any other. If you read a few chapters and it doesn't grab you.... put it down and move on. I found this book great. It really is a truely great very well thought out story. Its fiction is believable, and workable, and its characters are rich and well written and expressed. I loved this story, as it doesn;t rush you to the climax, its just ment to be the real story of a man;s life, and a person's life is not a calculated thing, that is aimed at impressing. It just is what it is. I would actually like to slap Kvothe in the head occassionally when he bimbles about with Denna.... I mean this is a kid who helped a Near King woo Lady Lackless..... and he can;t even bring himself to do anything remotely the same for himself. I hate it..... but its part of the bigger story and you have to take the good with the bad. If it was me, I would have already let her know how I felt.... I would love to shake Kvothe! Its maddening! But its the story. Love it or leave it. I tried reading the Wheel of time. Got to book 5 and tried and tried and tried reading it for about 6 months. I just could not get past it, try as I might. I should have left it alone and did something else, anything else. What is great about this book is how its written so much as what it says and where the story goes. Its class. The Author wrote this book and knew just what he was doing. Its quite obvious the genre of book he himself would read, and it shows through in this excellent story. I would really like to shake his hand. BUT.... now as I wait for book three I am not sure how to feel. How can it all be wrapped up in one book? I just don;t see how it can be done and get it all in there, Finish it proper. I think it will be a great book, as it all seems to be swimming around in the same pool just waiting to come together. Bring on Book 3 Patrick!! I'm not one to rush a good thing, I am on to other books in the mean time, but it will be nice to see what happens.... agree with what happens or not, you know its going to be what it is, just a great story. I feel in my water that it will be a tragic end, but maybe I am wrong, I hope I am. Would you rather just work in Kilvin's shop gathering a small wealth? Or go out there grab the girl... and make her yours??? We shall see! Reading this book is like any other. If you read a few chapters and it doesn’t grab you…. put it down and move on. I found this book great. It really is a truely great very well thought out story. Its fiction is believable, and workable, and its characters are rich and well written and expressed. I loved this story, as it doesn;t rush you to the climax, its just ment to be the real story of a man;s life, and a person’s life is not a calculated thing, that is aimed at impressing. It just is what it is. I would actually like to slap Kvothe in the head occassionally when he bimbles about with Denna…. I mean this is a kid who helped a Near King woo Lady Lackless….. and he can;t even bring himself to do anything remotely the same for himself. I hate it….. but its part of the bigger story and you have to take the good with the bad. If it was me, I would have already let her know how I felt…. I would love to shake Kvothe! Its maddening! But its the story. Love it or leave it. I tried reading the Wheel of time. Got to book 5 and tried and tried and tried reading it for about 6 months. I just could not get past it, try as I might. I should have left it alone and did something else, anything else. What is great about this book is how its written so much as what it says and where the story goes. Its class. The Author wrote this book and knew just what he was doing. Its quite obvious the genre of book he himself would read, and it shows through in this excellent story. I would really like to shake his hand. BUT…. now as I wait for book three I am not sure how to feel. How can it all be wrapped up in one book? I just don;t see how it can be done and get it all in there, Finish it proper. I think it will be a great book, as it all seems to be swimming around in the same pool just waiting to come together. Bring on Book 3 Patrick!! I’m not one to rush a good thing, I am on to other books in the mean time, but it will be nice to see what happens…. agree with what happens or not, you know its going to be what it is, just a great story. I feel in my water that it will be a tragic end, but maybe I am wrong, I hope I am. Would you rather just work in Kilvin’s shop gathering a small wealth? Or go out there grab the girl… and make her yours??? We shall see!

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]]> By: Tom http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-34450 Tom Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:27:03 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-34450 I bought this book on my Kindle and immediately read nine chapters. I will finish it - I promise - but I would love to know when it gets interesting. I agree with an earlier commenter who indicated he got bogged down early on. For all the hype this book has received, I guess I expected it to really grab me. So far, it hasn't. I hope it does so, and soon. I bought this book on my Kindle and immediately read nine chapters. I will finish it – I promise – but I would love to know when it gets interesting. I agree with an earlier commenter who indicated he got bogged down early on. For all the hype this book has received, I guess I expected it to really grab me. So far, it hasn’t. I hope it does so, and soon.

]]> By: Dan R. http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-31495 Dan R. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:59:15 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-31495 I have just read this book on the recommendation of my local bookseller only because she assured me that the second in the series is forthcoming this March ('11). I don't like to wait around George R.R. Martin. Anyhoo I must say that I agree. Perfect Ten. Keep 'em comin' Pat, and take yer sweet time as I'm sure three will be worth the wait. I have just read this book on the recommendation of my local bookseller only because she assured me that the second in the series is forthcoming this March (’11).
I don’t like to wait around George R.R. Martin.

Anyhoo I must say that I agree.
Perfect Ten.
Keep ‘em comin’ Pat, and take yer sweet time as I’m sure three will be worth the wait.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-26653 Anonymous Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:30:15 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-26653 :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

]]> By: CupofDice http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-8513 CupofDice Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:47:25 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-8513 Great review. Agree 100%. "It is already May 2009 and the book has no release date as of yet. It seems that this has been the cause for an internet brouhaha where angered fans have been pestering the author to finish the book already or else and I find myself wondering what the hell are people thinking when they assume a writer can just you know, come up with amazing stories like this easily. Writing to me, is art, and no artist, as far as I understand can write under pressure. I mean, I can certainly sympathise with the tension of the wait and I would love to read The Wise Man’s Fear sooner rather than later. I do however, prefer to read the best book Patrick Rothfuss can come up with and if that can only happen if we give the man the time he needs, I believe I should oblige and sit quietly." You can say that easily since the book will be released either this year or GOD FORBID next year. Say that if you were one of those poor people (LIKE ME) who picked up this book years ago and heard the fact that the whole trilogy WAS DONE! Still, I am in no rush, so I can wait. Great review. Agree 100%.

“It is already May 2009 and the book has no release date as of yet. It seems that this has been the cause for an internet brouhaha where angered fans have been pestering the author to finish the book already or else and I find myself wondering what the hell are people thinking when they assume a writer can just you know, come up with amazing stories like this easily. Writing to me, is art, and no artist, as far as I understand can write under pressure. I mean, I can certainly sympathise with the tension of the wait and I would love to read The Wise Man’s Fear sooner rather than later. I do however, prefer to read the best book Patrick Rothfuss can come up with and if that can only happen if we give the man the time he needs, I believe I should oblige and sit quietly.”

You can say that easily since the book will be released either this year or GOD FORBID next year. Say that if you were one of those poor people (LIKE ME) who picked up this book years ago and heard the fact that the whole trilogy WAS DONE! Still, I am in no rush, so I can wait.

]]> By: Ana http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7077 Ana Sat, 23 May 2009 09:22:47 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-7077 OH, Meljean it warms my heart so to hear you are enjoying it. You are right, it is damn good stuff. and I JUST got another copy of the book in the post this morning, a SIGNED copy (he was in London this week!)for me saying: To Ana, good luck with your book babies. (Because I said that I wanted to have babies with the book lol) I could not be more in love with this man. seriously. :mrgreen: OH, Meljean it warms my heart so to hear you are enjoying it. You are right, it is damn good stuff.

and I JUST got another copy of the book in the post this morning, a SIGNED copy (he was in London this week!)for me saying: To Ana, good luck with your book babies. (Because I said that I wanted to have babies with the book lol)

I could not be more in love with this man. seriously. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Meljean http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/05/book-review-the-name-of-the-wind-by-patrick-rothfuss.html/comment-page-1#comment-7076 Meljean Sat, 23 May 2009 09:16:14 +0000 http://thebooksmugglers.com/?p=3108#comment-7076 I got waylaid by the Terminator review *silent sob* but I just want to say that it's a little past 2 am, I'm halfway through this book, and I'm not going to bed yet. And I'm pretty sure it's all the fault of this review. Damn good stuff. I got waylaid by the Terminator review *silent sob* but I just want to say that it’s a little past 2 am, I’m halfway through this book, and I’m not going to bed yet. And I’m pretty sure it’s all the fault of this review.

Damn good stuff.

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