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I didn't like it that much. AliasRY Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 05:12:58 AM
The book was too much cookie-cutter fantasy for me. Excellently written cookie-cutter, yes, but it just seemed to lack originality and that little bit of uniqueness that would have made it different. Maybe it's because the first book was supposed to be part 1 of a single book and the other two will be much more original.

However, Patrick Rothfuss is a very good writer and the Name of the Wind is brilliantly written for a debut book. I hope he keeps up to his writing standards. It's like the inverse of what I was mentioning about Brandon Sanderson in another thread. Brandon's stories were better than his writing capabilities while for Rothfuss, it's the opposite.
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Bryce - 03/09/2009 12:19:58 AM 1365 Views
I'm at the library right now. I'll give it a shot. *NM* beetnemesis - 03/09/2009 12:45:57 AM 512 Views
I have to really fight myself not to pimp this book. Tashmere - 03/09/2009 12:58:42 AM 985 Views
What was the heavily recommended book? Chas - 03/09/2009 01:30:29 AM 822 Views
Confederacy of Dunces. Tashmere - 03/09/2009 02:38:40 AM 954 Views
It is not. nossy - 04/09/2009 04:08:00 AM 853 Views
OOh. spew the vitriol. jh - 04/09/2009 10:08:26 AM 869 Views
Can do nossy - 04/09/2009 06:04:31 PM 974 Views
I so understand that. Tashmere - 04/09/2009 09:13:13 PM 803 Views
I really, really liked it when I read it the first time. Chas - 03/09/2009 01:28:50 AM 758 Views
ok, I'm finally excited enough. It's been hammered into my head 5 times. I love... wotrafonia Deadsy - 03/09/2009 02:17:22 AM 863 Views
Second best book I've read all year. LightsongTheBold - 03/09/2009 02:34:18 AM 1171 Views
I... really just wasn't that enthralled by it. Sorry, guys. Craig - 03/09/2009 02:34:21 AM 843 Views
Shun the non-believer...shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnn....n Bryce - 03/09/2009 02:38:10 AM 932 Views
I would never shun you, Craig. Tashmere - 03/09/2009 02:42:26 AM 952 Views
*snickers immaturely* *NM* Deadsy - 03/09/2009 02:44:14 AM 433 Views
Shut it, you. *NM* Craig - 03/09/2009 03:04:03 AM 439 Views
*Three Musketeers childishly* Bryce - 03/09/2009 03:13:30 AM 895 Views
~Gets it two minutes later~ *NM* Tashmere - 03/09/2009 04:30:21 AM 392 Views
*NM* Craig - 03/09/2009 04:35:59 AM 422 Views
i knew someone would do that Deadsy - 03/09/2009 06:23:30 AM 903 Views
~smacks the back of Deadsy's head while smiling sweetly~ Tashmere - 03/09/2009 04:29:30 AM 814 Views
Sure, you say that now... Craig - 03/09/2009 03:09:10 AM 860 Views
And now, you must shun me Bryce - 03/09/2009 03:12:11 AM 845 Views
~shuns!~ Craig - 03/09/2009 04:32:37 AM 855 Views
Dumb question Gher - 03/09/2009 03:36:35 AM 873 Views
It's a book about smurfs *NM* Bryce - 03/09/2009 03:52:32 AM 815 Views
Re: Dumb question Craig - 03/09/2009 04:34:46 AM 933 Views
That was a much better way to word my quesion Craig. Thank you for handling that maturely unlike Tashmere - 03/09/2009 04:35:38 AM 1054 Views
Of course I'm mature. Deadsy is just a doody-head. Craig - 03/09/2009 05:15:57 AM 1024 Views
Somebody else was recommending another graphic novel in the last day or two. Tashmere - 03/09/2009 05:26:10 AM 851 Views
That was me. In disguise. Craig - 03/09/2009 05:35:15 AM 819 Views
House of Leaves Jayhawk - 03/09/2009 05:05:18 PM 864 Views
It is scary nossy - 04/09/2009 04:10:49 AM 824 Views
Sleep's totally optional. Jayhawk - 04/09/2009 03:42:40 PM 810 Views
Oh. You guys are almost making me curious enough to try it. *NM* Tashmere - 04/09/2009 09:14:13 PM 393 Views
Don't blame me for the side-effects of reading that book. Jayhawk - 04/09/2009 10:38:18 PM 843 Views
That would be pretty sweet. *NM* Craig - 05/09/2009 01:56:22 AM 378 Views
I don't think my husband would agree. Tashmere - 05/09/2009 03:17:17 AM 804 Views
Awwww. *NM* Craig - 05/09/2009 03:36:17 AM 400 Views
Am not *NM* Deadsy - 04/09/2009 02:36:10 PM 384 Views
No. You are not a doody head. Tashmere - 04/09/2009 09:17:45 PM 1026 Views
I've read two of these. Danu - 05/09/2009 03:24:07 PM 810 Views
Re: I... really just wasn't that enthralled by it. Sorry, guys. James - 03/09/2009 03:43:15 AM 967 Views
Dare to be different! Craig - 03/09/2009 04:31:41 AM 905 Views
Mary Sue? Could you give me a clue here? Tashmere - 03/09/2009 04:40:29 AM 910 Views
Re: Mary Sue Craig - 03/09/2009 05:10:11 AM 1068 Views
Good grief...that site would be enough to give any author anxiety attacks. Tashmere - 03/09/2009 05:37:35 AM 902 Views
I agree about the prose. It's what sold me on the book Bryce - 03/09/2009 11:50:35 AM 731 Views
He's a consummate storyteller. Jayhawk - 03/09/2009 05:08:42 PM 826 Views
You do realize that that is a device, right? Jacob - 03/09/2009 04:35:05 PM 832 Views
You said what I was trying to say when I said it will improve Bryce - 03/09/2009 05:56:27 PM 1095 Views
Re: You do realize that that is a device, right? James - 04/09/2009 12:10:10 AM 860 Views
I'm with you there. *NM* jh - 03/09/2009 06:54:51 AM 339 Views
I really dug it. Nate - 03/09/2009 04:49:39 AM 888 Views
I didn't like it that much. AliasRY - 03/09/2009 05:12:58 AM 853 Views
I'm thinking the series will improve quite a bit by the end Bryce - 03/09/2009 11:55:08 AM 905 Views
Yuck. *NM* Joker - 03/09/2009 10:39:52 PM 411 Views
Succinct. *NM* Craig - 05/09/2009 01:56:44 AM 328 Views
I loved it... ajah - 05/09/2009 06:57:17 AM 593 Views
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