It feels like I have been reading people talk about how awesome Patrick Rothfuss is for years, although the talk seems to centre more on him than his book. I finally picked up the first one in the series this summer and then had to tear through the second immediately afterwards, all within a week. It was like I was shovelling the food in my face like I did when my kids were tiny. I read these months ago, HAD MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, and […]
I really liked some of this book and I absolutely despised some of this book. But sure, I’ll read the next one.
A few years ago, my kids joined the swim team at our neighborhood pool. This meant many hours of me just sitting on a chair at the pool, having nothing to do but read. So I assigned myself a “pool book” — one that was longer than I might normally read, just so that I would never run out of stuff to read during practice. So far, just while the kids have been practicing, I’ve read all five books in the A Song of Ice […]
A Solid Path in the First Half but Like Slogging Through a Swamp in the Second
Do you ever read something and just know it was written by a man? Particularly when dealing with the subject of women? Of course, I do know Patrick Rothfuss is male, but I mean, sometimes you just get this feeling of deep knowing in your soul… more on this later. The Wise Man’s Fear is the second book in Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicle series, and I feel like the book was really split in half for me in terms of enjoyment: literally, I liked the […]
On Sequilitis, Nymphomaniacal Faeries, and Leveling Up
I’m not exactly reporting breaking news when I say that sequels are tricky. Finding the balance between giving people what they liked from the first book and adding enough to justify a second book is one of the more difficult challenges an author faces. Which brings me to The Wise Man’s Fear, the 1100-page brick of a middle chapter in Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicles trilogy. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some 1100-page bricks. There are few things in this world that I love […]