Name Of The Wind: A Sweet Ride But ...

Sweet ride with reader-satisfaction.

The Name Of The Wind

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Personal Rating: 5

Writing: 5

Character Development: 5

Plot: 4.5

Readability: 5

Book Cover: 3

Theme: 5

Impact on Readers: 5

Satisfaction: 4

It’s a differently told story, a unique work—all told as back-story, which actually works! For those foreshadows, those moods created through those detailed world-building, those lyrical lines that smoothly flows through your lips when you read them aloud. And last but the most important is Kvothe.

Who will read a book with detailed world and lyrical words, if there isn’t an equally strong character you’ll root for?

And here, Patrick Rothfuss does his art. He builds a character that you will never forget. A prodigal character who is best at anything he does—music, acting, studies, alchemy. Yet, the little boy close to his teen faces distress and challenges of harsh-life where talents help little to pass the trauma of loss.

“… First is the door of sleep … Second is the door of forgetting … Third is the door of Madness … Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we’ve been told.”

A relatable journey, a fantasy that explains everything and makes all things seem right.

“Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.”

However, the Act-III felt a bit forced, especially the Draccus part.

For a book that has been published in 2007, not that long ago, readers will have expected more active female characters. Denna seems to be a character built upon other characters’ words. She is the gem that you put safely in a drawer, sometimes to watch it, to touch it, or to feel its glamour, but never to use.

But don't be fooled by the previous para. The book may not deliver the big-fight to the main villain yet, but it keeps you engaged till the last page with micro-tension and minute-delivery of page-by-page satisfaction. You'll find yourself worrying about Kvothe's silver coins, you'll connect to his tension about his loans, you'll crave to hear his music in a 'book'. It's a guarantee that you'll just madly want him to buy a better Lute at the end of ARC-III, and when he [Spoiler alert] does that, you'll feel like you, too, have finally bought yourself the most important treasure of your life.

A book's success isn't on giving a villain and then making readers wish to see the villain defeated. Yes, the author must deliver the villain's end anyway at the end of the series. But a book becomes truly successful when it touches the heart when it keeps delivering minute-satisfaction on every page. With no mushy-middle, it, thus, has become a page-turner.

Yet, it will be a mistake to leave it ‘unread’.

General Book Info:

Title: The Name of The Wind

Author: Patrick Rothfuss

First Published in 2007

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