The Name of the Wind
The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One
by Patrick Rothfuss
4/5
DAW Books 662 pages March 26, 2007
Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen — from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic.
Jim's Review
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Rothfuss writes prose so beautiful Jim wanted to eat the pages (and almost did). Kvothe's story sucks you in like a wormhole — pun absolutely intended. The magic system is clever, the university setting is cozy, and the storytelling-within-a-story framework is chef's kiss. Jim's been waiting for book three since before he was a bookworm. Four worms because Jim is still bitter about the wait.
