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"There is no suitable Goodreads entry for The Kingkiller Chronicle, the unfinished trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss of which The Name of the Wind is Book 1.

Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicle is ripe with masterful worldbuilding--multitudes of references to the world's history; invented foreign languages; fantasy lands brimming with local superstitions, politics, and folklore; overarching sciences; a deep study of different schools of magic, including forms of alchemy, enchantment, symbology, and more--as well as incredible character-building and great writing overall. There are moments in The Name of the Wind that had my heart racing alongside the narrator's; my eyes tearing up to the sound of a musical scene so well-described I could all but hear it in my ears; my eyes widening with amazement at the all-too-satisfying feats of its prestigious and legendary protagonist, Kvothe. What's more, the entire Chronicle is driven on several mind-bending mysteries, the chief of which being--how and why did Kvothe do the deed which forced him into early retirement and earned him the oft-whispered name of "Kingkiller"? "

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"Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, I feel, is the be-all-end-all series when it comes to Dragon Lore. It was so intricately and thoroughly written that it irrevocably changed the way I conceived of the natures of stereotypical elves, dwarves, orcs (Urgals), were-creatures, magic-users, and dragons forever. Paolini's dragons, the worldbuilding and history of Alagaësia, the painstakingly-detailed magic system, and the classic overarching plot of unassuming-poor-farmboy-turned-inconceivably-strong/powerful-hero are simply unparalleled in other dragon-related fantasy books I've explored thus far."

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