The Name of the Wind discussion

Discussion for chapters 50 through 56

I am loving the importance of music to Kvothe, especially in this set of chapters.

Oh. My. God. I just finished chapter 56 and I have to say that I have never read about a character who was a musician with this much truth in it. As a fellow musician, I can quite easily say that when Kvothe was playing and waiting to find out if he earned his pipes that my heart has only raced like it when I was waiting for an audition result. The intensity of that scene was higher than any scene that I can remember reading before. It grabbed my attention more than any action-packed fight scene in other fantasy novels I've read. I can also say that everything that Kvothe felt and experienced when he was playing--from being nervous before going on and being completely fine and calm when he steps onto the stage to the panic when he plays a wrong note to not being able to search the crowd because it distracts him and causes his fingers to falter--is real.

I am so completely and utterly in love with this book that I can barely think straight and I am so sorry for my rambling.

Yes! This section took me back to all of the piano and band performances and competitions I was in. I was getting nervous along with Kvothe! I hope there are more chapters focused on music in book 2.