Come along, good and gentle reader, and sit beside the fire to be regaled with a well spun tale, brought to life by Patrick Rothfuss in the form of ‘The Name of the Wind.’
If you do a quick Google (or Amazon)( search on this book, you’ll see that much praise has been heaped on this book, and rightly so. Not only is it a great fantasy story (and the first of three in the series), it’s an amazingly well-written story, plain and simple.
It’s been a long time since a book has drawn me in so deeply, getting genuinely concerned about what happens to Kvothe as the story alternates between current day and the story of his past.
As a fantasy story, it has all the necessary elements – a medieval setting (swords and inns), magic (though in a much different way), and evil creatures, just to name a few. And as a story – I’m not entirely certain how, but this book wrapped into my imagination so well that I had a hard time putting the book down, especially when the story was hitting some critical points.
This is a book I recommend without any hesitation – and can, myself, not wait until the next in the series hits the shelves!
