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Love's Labour's Lost

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by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)

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Sam said: " Most immersive book I have ever read! Impossible to put down, immovable in its depth. I felt a deep deep connection to Kvothe, like kindred parallel way of life. I don’t know what it says about me to say I relate to Kvothe more than any of their char Most immersive book I have ever read! Impossible to put down, immovable in its depth. I felt a deep deep connection to Kvothe, like kindred parallel way of life. I don’t know what it says about me to say I relate to Kvothe more than any of their character in fiction… but the immersion was so good I got confused of if the story was about me. His mistakes are what make him human and not just a brilliant prodigy (even though he is that).

Kvothe is more unique and memorable than 99% of other fantasy protagonists! His story, (while not having an insane plot) is still extremely intriguing and emotional. I read that a lot of people found the first quarter of the novel boring. I don’t understand that at all. His interactions with his parents and Abenthy were always interesting. The time he spent in Tarbean was tragic and terrifying! I felt I was running around the streets with him too. Rothfuss demonstrates poverty more uniquely with the perspective of a child with an adult mind. Now the University arc is better than any Dark Academia I have read. While not super in-depth like Babel or The Secret History, his schoolwork and interest in the Archives were refreshingly good. Elodin was a surprisingly intriguing character as well.

Denna was the second most interesting character in NOTW. Every interaction with Kvothe felt real and relatable. The romance is my favorite part of Rothfuss’s writing, his use of adjectives with verbs while switching the order around made me reread multiple times with a satisfied smile on my face. She is the ideal woman of interest for Kvothe and she knows it.

Auri is the sweetest little enigma of a girl I have ever read. Her interactions with Kvothe always put a smile on my face :). I know it will be a great chapter when I see Auri’s name on page.

Devi is the one character I don’t ever see people talk about. I love her! She is strong willed and a strong sympathy arcanist. She seems like the female version of Kvothe and an older sister to him. She has a strange urge to take care of him and protect him even though he owes her money. Her being powerful in a patriarchy just adds to her strength as a character!

Everybody talks about Rothfuss’s impeccable prose… I obviously agree, but I could not appreciate to the fullest of how it felt every word in this novel was put there with intent. It felt like a puzzle of words where Rothfuss shows you a split second of the finished piece, then rearranges it to make you solve it.

“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”

“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”

7/5 ⭐️

Already have The Wise Man’s Fear in my hands to open up to begin a new tale, nonetheless same! ...more "

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