![]() ![]() ![]() The book contains some terrific descriptions of music (often difficult to capture with the written word) and musings on the nature of the musical mind. Rothfuss’s prose is ghastly on the whole, but he does occasionally manage to churn out a clever turn of phrase (this could perhaps be attributed more to statistics than to skill, given the story’s length). The worldbuilding is acceptable, even innovative in a few ways. I should acknowledge that this book does have a smattering of good qualities. In my view, The Name of the Wind is an overblown, boring piece of tripe that deserves almost none of the praise it has received from fantasy readers around the world. But now that I have finally reached the end of this torturous novel, I can safely say it has been a long time since I loathed a book this much. After myriad recommendations from trusted sources, I had high expectations for Patrick Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind. ![]()
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