The Name of the Wind

4.5 ⭐️

I can't really see myself ever finishing this or attempt it anew. I don't understand why so many people love it so much and praise it as the second coming of Christ. What I've read was insanely boring; overly descriptive without any emotion and filled with tropes.

Ich muss sagen, ich bin etwas enttäuscht. Nicht, weil das ein schlechtes Buch gewesen wäre oder Rothfuss nicht schreiben könnte, aber ich hatte einfach zu hohe Erwartungen. Nach der Kurzgeschichte über Bast und den Meinungen, die ich sonst hier so auf Goodreads mitbekommen habe, ging ich davon aus, ein zweites Erlebnis wie bei Sanderson zu haben. Dem war nicht so. Was nichts daran ändert, dass Rothfuss wunderbare High Fantasy schreibt, die sich im Gegensatz zu so vielen momentanen Werken nur auf einen einzigen Hauptcharakter konzentriert und nicht eine gefühlte Million Sichtweisen einführt, von denen man erst nach 5 Bänden versteht, welche wichtig sind. Nein, dies ist das Abenteuer von Kvothe, und wie er es als Innkeeper erzählt und man gleichzeitig seine Kindheit und Jugend begleitet, ist gut gemacht. Hier und da spannend und auf jeden Fall mit der Andeutung, dass hier noch sehr, sehr viel mehr kommen wird. Es erinnert mich an Richard Schwartz oder Terry Goodkind - wobei ich mich hier doch hier und da schwer getan habe, weiterzulesen und dran zu bleiben. Kvothe kann nämlich bei Zeiten ein einfach unsympathischer Hauptcharakter sein, bei dem einem herzlich egal ist, ob er jetzt noch mal ausgepeitscht wird, sein Widersacher ihn erwischt oder was ihm sonst noch so zustößen könnte. Allerdings habe ich 13 Bände Terry Goodkind ausgehalten, da werde ich hier auch weiterlesen :D

Just perfect

This book doesn't deserve 5 stars, it deserves much more. Everything is explained with so much exactitude so it leaves you in the perfect in between of curiosity and knowing what will happen. The way it refeers to love and emotions in general it's just perfect. I also love that it doesn't make love the main issue, one of my top 5 books.

Me encanto sin duda disfrute del protagonista y sus aventuras, Patrick Rothfuss sabe como llegar al lector me hizo llorar algunas veces, la historia es genial y contada de una manera diferente a lo usual, a pesar de no ser mi género favorito me gustó mucho el libro.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Großartiges Buch von Rothfuss. Schade nur, dass die Reihe niemals abgeschlossen sein wird. Die Charaktere und das Worldbuilding sind richtig gut, was nochmals untermauert wird vom Schreibstil Rothfuss.

I actually feel like this book deserves more than 4 stars and I already plan on rereading it because I have a feeling I might enjoy it more if I read it again. I read the biggest part of this book while on holiday and I never really had time to sit down and read for longer than maybe half an hour so I think it's probably mostly my fault that it took me really long to really get into the story. Still, it felt just really long while reading... Other than that I liked it a lot. I think the best thing about this book is its main character. Kvothe is a really interesting character and we get to know him really well. In a sense he is kind of the typical hero, he was orphaned pretty young and had a hard time growing up, but he is also extremely talented in pretty much everything he does. The interesting thing about him is, that he seems kind of pretty self-aware (don't really know if that's the right word), he knows he's different, he knows he's clever and his mind and talent are pretty much the only things he can rely on. Still his pride and temperament make sure that he pretty much constantly gets into trouble. The way the story is told is extremely interesting too. Kvothe tells his own story to a Chronicler and we also get these chapters were he is a lot older and a lot different from the way he is in his story. Not only that, but we also get to hear some of the legends that are told about him and it's quite interesting to hear what really happened (or at least what Kvothe says really happend) and how the story is told later... And last but not least the world was also extremely interesting. The world is so vast and we get to know some quite different places in it but I think I liked the university the most. It's quite mysterious and there are a lot of secrets. The magic is really fascinating and I loved to learn more about it but there are also some fascinating place and people... Honestly I could write a lot more about things I liked about this book, about the music, the love story, the other characters, the writing style, pretty much everything... But I don't really have time, so if, like me, you have problems getting into the story just know that it's absolutely worth it to push through.

Not ever been done before

Although I know that many people really love this book and its sequel, I think it’s merely ok. There are great and imaginative ideas around, but I had to fight through most of the book, as it was rather „exhausting“ to read and took me forever. I really liked the beginning and parts of the end, but found the most part of Kvothe starting (and continuing) his studies rather boring. It seemed like the only thing that mattered was money, or rather the lack thereof. After the 10th repetition of „I need to get my hands on an insane amount of money asap“, a new idea to give the protagonist something to „overcome an obstacle“ would have been nice. Also, most of the time when he seems to have bettered his situation, something happens and it makes his situation worse than before. Again and again and again. That was simply anxiety inducing! I hate the looming feeling that something bad will happen AGAIN and during a lot of the University parts this was a constant feeling. Also, the last few chapters in the inn were somewhat strange and didn’t fit into the flow at all. Sadly, I won’t be continuing this story…