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As soon as I was done I devoured The Wise Man's Fear. I couldn't put The Name of the Wind down. When I finally did there was no turning back. People have been telling me about these books for years and I never picked them up. The story itself is imaginative and engrossing, and it says a lot about this tale that it managed to retain my interest after 700 pages. I don't entirely trust Denna, but I'm willing to see where that storyline will end up. The secondary characters are competently rendered if not too finely drawn I'd be happier if Kvothe's two University friends featured larger in the story. Luckily the author avoided the mistake of making him perfect - Kvothe acts rashly at times without thought for the consequences, is given to self-pity and suffers from a bit too much pride. Kvothe is a fascinating and sympathetic character. He also falls for a young woman named Denna, a girl with a mysterious past who seems to come and go without warning. He makes his way to University, where his quick aptitude and cleverness win him both friends and powerful enemies. Once grown into a teenager, Kvothe becomes determined to learn more about the Chandrian and become an arcanist. When his parents along with the entire troup of performers are killed by mystical beings called the Chandrian, Kvothe ends up a beggar child on the streets of the large city of Tarbean. As a child, Kvothe was one of the Edema Ruh (travelling performers). The story will take three days to tell, and this first book covers the first day telling of his story.

Kvothe is now a simple innkeeper trying to keep his colorful past to himself, but agrees to tell the story of his life to the visiting Chronicler. This was an epic story set in an alternate universe. Le Guin, bestselling author and winner of the National Book Award

Wherever Pat Rothfuss goes…he'll carry us with him as a good singer carries us through a song." -Ursula K. "It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing…with true music in the words…. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature-the story of a hero told in his own voice. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.