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Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me Wibble Send a noteboard - 17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM
But overall, it really didn't have the same feel. It's much broader in scope.

The only part that really stuck out to me was not the University itself, but the whole Ambrose thing. He seemed very Draco-like in his animosity. "Hello, I don't know you or anything about you, but I'm going to pick on you once and we shall become bitter enemies for life."

Really?


Not because of any Harry Potter similarity I hasten to add, indeed Draco probably did have some reason to dislike Harry since Harry was infamous after all.

But Ambrose and Kvothe was so forced. It was almost as if the author sat and thought to himself "I need an enemy at university, someone who will be annoying at 1st, dangerous in the middle and probably (we've yet to see) responsible for a big shift in the story later." (i'll go into my expectations of ambrose later).

Having had this thought, he then decided he needed said character quickly, and so made up the most ridiculous little scene going for the enmity (which was far too overblown for the situation) to begin. And all of this on day one at Uni. It all seemed far too rushed and forced, and just left a bad taste in the mouth, it didn't sit well at all with the more measured pace of the rest of the book. So yes, it's the one thing that really annoyed me
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November Book Club is now open! The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. - 16/11/2009 08:05:02 AM 1785 Views
What do you think of the plot? - 16/11/2009 08:05:59 AM 1005 Views
Until the end... - 16/11/2009 09:09:15 PM 1042 Views
It's almost as if the author decided there needed to be a little adventure to move the story along. - 17/11/2009 08:23:36 PM 1007 Views
It's Rothfuss' Tom Bombadil moment. - 20/11/2009 07:47:03 AM 1197 Views
Definitely weird. - 21/11/2009 03:49:13 AM 1100 Views
I agree and stuff. - 18/11/2009 06:32:41 PM 1135 Views
Nobody likes the dragon. - 23/11/2009 04:13:05 AM 1080 Views
Cavorting's all very well. - 23/11/2009 06:50:56 PM 1090 Views
Pssh, giant lizards are never out of place. - 24/11/2009 03:39:16 AM 1162 Views
Wasn't too big a fan. - 18/11/2009 10:00:10 PM 1196 Views
It's steady. With one key passage at the start - 26/11/2009 11:09:49 PM 1001 Views
What do you think of the characters? - 16/11/2009 08:08:34 AM 1099 Views
I didn't particularly dislike anyone. - 16/11/2009 09:01:30 PM 1039 Views
Damned plot devices. - 18/11/2009 06:36:00 PM 1183 Views
I thought most of the characters were well done; I connected with many of them. - 17/11/2009 07:13:21 AM 1166 Views
That last scene with Bast, is one of the ones that really sets me to thinking... - 17/11/2009 08:26:38 PM 1207 Views
Agreed - 20/11/2009 07:52:34 AM 1245 Views
Bast is one I'm not sure about. - 18/11/2009 06:34:43 PM 1080 Views
He's my favorite! - 20/11/2009 07:54:39 AM 1153 Views
Re: What do you think of the characters? - 17/11/2009 11:13:07 AM 1136 Views
Dudette, and I agree with you too. - 18/11/2009 06:34:14 PM 988 Views
Do you like the magic system? - 16/11/2009 08:09:14 AM 1100 Views
I do. - 16/11/2009 08:45:12 PM 1200 Views
I thought it was quite neat. - 16/11/2009 08:55:56 PM 1089 Views
I figured you would. - 18/11/2009 06:38:06 PM 1093 Views
Re: Do you like the magic system? - 17/11/2009 11:18:27 AM 1103 Views
The book has been compared with Harry Potter. Do you think this is fair? Why/why not? *NM* - 16/11/2009 08:09:58 AM 492 Views
Unfair. - 16/11/2009 01:48:16 PM 1129 Views
Unfair - 16/11/2009 06:20:56 PM 1018 Views
Oh, true. - 16/11/2009 07:54:18 PM 1100 Views
Well, - 16/11/2009 08:37:27 PM 1089 Views
I suppose, but... - 16/11/2009 10:43:53 PM 1210 Views
Maybe not unfair, but not accurate. - 16/11/2009 08:41:27 PM 1024 Views
Hm. - 16/11/2009 08:45:14 PM 1073 Views
Re: Hm. - 16/11/2009 08:50:36 PM 1081 Views
I really couldn't say whether it was fair. Seems a weird judgement to me. - 17/11/2009 07:02:21 AM 1090 Views
Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me - 17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM 1084 Views
I agree. - 17/11/2009 08:10:58 PM 1165 Views
I dunno. - 01/12/2009 01:26:39 PM 1439 Views
Unfair, this is much more mature - 17/11/2009 10:53:44 PM 1201 Views
Totally fair - 20/11/2009 07:58:15 AM 1200 Views
Purpose of the structure. - 16/11/2009 01:54:39 PM 1173 Views
I liked it. - 16/11/2009 08:39:39 PM 1140 Views
Re: I liked it. - 16/11/2009 08:43:00 PM 1116 Views
I don't think... - 16/11/2009 08:51:54 PM 991 Views
Re: I don't think... - 16/11/2009 09:12:54 PM 1019 Views
Agreed. - 16/11/2009 08:58:34 PM 1140 Views
You know... - 16/11/2009 10:48:04 PM 1161 Views
I don't mind being pulled out of his story - 16/11/2009 11:26:04 PM 1115 Views
Ah, okay. *NM* - 17/11/2009 03:00:13 AM 488 Views
I don't think so. - 17/11/2009 01:06:01 AM 1118 Views
Both - 26/11/2009 11:27:00 PM 932 Views
Awesome. - 01/12/2009 01:20:53 PM 1225 Views
I like that fountain line - 01/12/2009 08:00:07 PM 1495 Views
Kvothe as a Gary Stu... - 16/11/2009 10:33:03 PM 1235 Views
I don't think he is. - 16/11/2009 11:09:38 PM 1125 Views
Good point. - 17/11/2009 01:02:22 AM 1058 Views
Overall impression of the book? - 17/11/2009 08:34:25 PM 949 Views
Meh. *NM* - 17/11/2009 08:35:55 PM 452 Views
I really liked it. - 17/11/2009 08:46:24 PM 1046 Views
I liked it alright. - 18/11/2009 04:13:13 AM 946 Views
Were there lots of little things that bugged you? Or was that just me? - 17/11/2009 08:57:26 PM 1048 Views
Those little instances did seem to stick out a little bit more than average. - 17/11/2009 09:04:43 PM 1123 Views
That could be it. - 17/11/2009 09:57:19 PM 1110 Views
Well, the complete lack of a decent plot didn't exactly help. - 17/11/2009 09:05:30 PM 1026 Views
That's a relatively minor complaint. - 17/11/2009 09:59:08 PM 1048 Views
Yes. And Ambrose's name was one of them. - 18/11/2009 03:12:50 AM 1140 Views
What was your favourite scene? *NM* - 18/11/2009 08:59:52 PM 542 Views
For me, it was Kvothe earning his pipes. - 18/11/2009 09:05:15 PM 1198 Views
I agree about the pipes, hands down. - 18/11/2009 10:14:50 PM 1117 Views
The pipes and the asylum scene with the Master Namer. - 19/11/2009 02:02:50 AM 1267 Views
I like how Rothfuss played the asylum scene. - 01/12/2009 01:24:37 PM 1180 Views
Yeah, winning the pipes was nice. - 19/11/2009 03:44:11 AM 1129 Views
It wasn't the pipes - 20/11/2009 08:01:36 AM 1147 Views
Trapis. - 19/11/2009 03:47:07 AM 1141 Views
I found Trapis touching as well. I would have liked to see more of him. - 29/11/2009 06:33:39 PM 1066 Views
I thought that too, initially. Maybe we will. - 01/12/2009 01:23:39 PM 1077 Views
Oooh. Nicely said. I liked that. *NM* - 02/12/2009 12:04:06 AM 476 Views
To balance things out, were there any little details that you really appreciated? - 20/11/2009 12:16:35 AM 938 Views
In Skarpi's story, the names of the characters caught my eye. - 20/11/2009 12:21:33 AM 1084 Views
Give me a few days to join in... - 23/11/2009 12:47:13 AM 960 Views

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