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The Name of the Wind (2007)

by Patrick Rothfuss

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Series: The Kingkiller Chronicle (1)

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The tale of Kvothe, 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 difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend.… (more)
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Still one of my favorites. ( )
  FourOfFiveWits | Sep 19, 2023 |
Amazing world building and characters! The author pulls you into Kvothe's story from the start, and hundreds of pages seem to fly by. ( )
  ajrenshaw99 | Sep 1, 2023 |
I tried but I was having zero fun reading this after the first 100 pages. I cared so little about any of it that I have no reason to keep going.

The dialog is really clunky and there is too much of it. The characters are not interesting and often annoying. Even the character names are inconsistent with each other and bland. ( )
  lieblbiz | Aug 30, 2023 |
This was an excellent read - definitely one of my new favourites. A good one to finish the year on. ( )
  ropable | Aug 20, 2023 |
Yep, that was really, really good. Interesting characters, entrancing descriptions, exciting story, great pacing. Loved it, stayed up late last night to finish it because I just had to know how it ended or I would have never fallen asleep.

Didn't realize when I first got it that it was the first of a trilogy, so now I've added to my To Read pile, not lowered it. Never fails. ( )
  beentsy | Aug 12, 2023 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Rothfuss, Patrick—primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Deas, StephenIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Degas, RupertNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Giancola, DonatoCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Giorgi, GabrieleTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hansen, MortenTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Podehl, NickNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ribeiro, VeraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rovira Ortega, GemmaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The Name of the Wind
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2007-03-27
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To my mother, who taught me to love books. Who opened the door to Narnia, Pern, and Middle Earth.

And to my father, who taught me that if I was going to do something, I should take my time and do it right the first time.
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It was night again.
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The tale of Kvothe, 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 difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend.
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813.6Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › 21st Century

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