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Re: Do you like the magic system? Zeeb Send a noteboard - 17/11/2009 11:18:27 AM
Or systems: Sympathy and Naming.


Yes! I really like how it actually seems to take a lot of effort to learn how to do it and get better. And how the power and the danger that comes with it is really shown when Kvothe can't breathe...I don't seem to remember people who were learning to use magic in other books making such a huge mistake and putting themselves in so much danger - but that could be my bad memory :P

It also seems to be more 'believable' than a lot of magic systems, as it's more kinda entwined with the real world and what happens in physics and that (what little I know of it anyhow) rather than it's an extra layer shoved on the top of the real world.
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November Book Club is now open! The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Rebekah - 16/11/2009 08:05:02 AM 1783 Views
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Damned plot devices. Rebekah - 18/11/2009 06:36:00 PM 1182 Views
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Dudette, and I agree with you too. Rebekah - 18/11/2009 06:34:14 PM 985 Views
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I do. nossy - 16/11/2009 08:45:12 PM 1198 Views
I thought it was quite neat. Spriteling - 16/11/2009 08:55:56 PM 1087 Views
I figured you would. Rebekah - 18/11/2009 06:38:06 PM 1091 Views
Re: Do you like the magic system? Zeeb - 17/11/2009 11:18:27 AM 1101 Views
The book has been compared with Harry Potter. Do you think this is fair? Why/why not? *NM* Rebekah - 16/11/2009 08:09:58 AM 491 Views
Unfair. Rebekah - 16/11/2009 01:48:16 PM 1126 Views
Unfair Missa Sedai - 16/11/2009 06:20:56 PM 1016 Views
Oh, true. Rebekah - 16/11/2009 07:54:18 PM 1097 Views
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I suppose, but... Missa Sedai - 16/11/2009 10:43:53 PM 1208 Views
Maybe not unfair, but not accurate. nossy - 16/11/2009 08:41:27 PM 1022 Views
Hm. Rebekah - 16/11/2009 08:45:14 PM 1073 Views
Re: Hm. nossy - 16/11/2009 08:50:36 PM 1081 Views
I really couldn't say whether it was fair. Seems a weird judgement to me. Cockatiel of Doom - 17/11/2009 07:02:21 AM 1087 Views
Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me Wibble - 17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM 1082 Views
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I thought the same thing about his friends. Gher - 17/11/2009 08:43:05 PM 1113 Views
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Unfair, this is much more mature LightsongTheBold - 17/11/2009 10:53:44 PM 1201 Views
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Purpose of the structure. Rebekah - 16/11/2009 01:54:39 PM 1171 Views
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I don't mind being pulled out of his story nossy - 16/11/2009 11:26:04 PM 1113 Views
Ah, okay. *NM* Missa Sedai - 17/11/2009 03:00:13 AM 487 Views
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Both Wibble - 26/11/2009 11:27:00 PM 930 Views
Awesome. Rebekah - 01/12/2009 01:20:53 PM 1222 Views
I like that fountain line Wibble - 01/12/2009 08:00:07 PM 1492 Views
Kvothe as a Gary Stu... fionwe1987 - 16/11/2009 10:33:03 PM 1233 Views
I don't think he is. Rebekah - 16/11/2009 11:09:38 PM 1122 Views
Good point. Gher - 17/11/2009 01:02:22 AM 1055 Views
Overall impression of the book? Rebekah - 17/11/2009 08:34:25 PM 947 Views
Meh. *NM* jh - 17/11/2009 08:35:55 PM 451 Views
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I liked it alright. nossy - 18/11/2009 04:13:13 AM 943 Views
I enjoyed it the first time through. But for me it didn't stand up to a reread. Chas - 21/11/2009 03:55:05 AM 1178 Views
I loved it. I had just had a string of bad books and was getting discouraged Tashmere - 02/12/2009 12:02:18 AM 1112 Views
Were there lots of little things that bugged you? Or was that just me? Gher - 17/11/2009 08:57:26 PM 1045 Views
Those little instances did seem to stick out a little bit more than average. Jacob - 17/11/2009 09:04:43 PM 1120 Views
That could be it. Gher - 17/11/2009 09:57:19 PM 1107 Views
Well, the complete lack of a decent plot didn't exactly help. jh - 17/11/2009 09:05:30 PM 1025 Views
That's a relatively minor complaint. Gher - 17/11/2009 09:59:08 PM 1045 Views
Yes. And Ambrose's name was one of them. Cockatiel of Doom - 18/11/2009 03:12:50 AM 1137 Views
Yeah, now that you mention those, I remember those two instances. *NM* Gher - 18/11/2009 04:48:10 AM 491 Views
Ambrose's name never bothered me because I read more carefully than you guys did. Tashmere - 29/11/2009 04:32:30 PM 1055 Views
Yeah. I think some of those inconsistencies were fixed. Rebekah - 29/11/2009 05:48:59 PM 987 Views
What was your favourite scene? *NM* Nebhead - 18/11/2009 08:59:52 PM 541 Views
For me, it was Kvothe earning his pipes. Nebhead - 18/11/2009 09:05:15 PM 1195 Views
I agree about the pipes, hands down. nossy - 18/11/2009 10:14:50 PM 1114 Views
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Trapis. Gher - 19/11/2009 03:47:07 AM 1139 Views
I found Trapis touching as well. I would have liked to see more of him. Tashmere - 29/11/2009 06:33:39 PM 1063 Views
I thought that too, initially. Maybe we will. Rebekah - 01/12/2009 01:23:39 PM 1074 Views
Oooh. Nicely said. I liked that. *NM* Tashmere - 02/12/2009 12:04:06 AM 475 Views
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In Skarpi's story, the names of the characters caught my eye. Cockatiel of Doom - 20/11/2009 12:21:33 AM 1082 Views
Give me a few days to join in... Tashmere - 23/11/2009 12:47:13 AM 957 Views
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