It's a heroic fantasy, has a LOTR flavor with equal adventure but not as heavy. Longer book, part of a series, beloved and recommended by my friends ages 25 to 62. Here is the GoodReads synopsis, because it does a far better job than I could summarizing it (I'm still reading it, but I love the half+ I've read):
"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.
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.
A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard."
It's basically LOTR meets medieval, but "magic school" sounds dumb. It's his story of becoming an alchemist.
"The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.
ReplyDeleteIt's a heroic fantasy, has a LOTR flavor with equal adventure but not as heavy. Longer book, part of a series, beloved and recommended by my friends ages 25 to 62. Here is the GoodReads synopsis, because it does a far better job than I could summarizing it (I'm still reading it, but I love the half+ I've read):
"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.
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.
A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard."
It's basically LOTR meets medieval, but "magic school" sounds dumb. It's his story of becoming an alchemist.
P.S., I give it an 8.
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