Have you ever read a book that you really, really, really liked, then read some reviews of it, that didn't like it so much, and that changed your opinion of it? Yeah, me neither. And it certainly didn't affect my feelings about this book, which has been very highly praised. However, Amazon had a few reviews from folks who thought it was too talky and had too much unimportant information. "Padding", they called it.
Well, this book doesn't waste a word. If you don't like talky books, and you don't like character development, then yeah, you might not like it as well. If thrills a minute is your game, this is not your book. However.
I loved this book. It's about a man named Kvothe, who is apparently a huge hero, but now he's just an innkeeper. He sits down one day with a scribe and starts to tell his life story. The storyline flips back and forth between his history, and the present. And it is all fascinating. The detail, the development, the writing, it soars. There's not always something thrilling going on, but that didn't change my involvement in the story at all. Some people have complained that it's "slow at times". Dude, go back to Tom Clancy. The worst part for me is that it is the first of three books, and the other two are already written, but they won't be released until next freaking year. Why must they do this to us?
I realize that's not much of a review. Mostly a "I liked it", long on opinion, short on substance. Hey, sometimes I don't have anything deep to add, you know.
Well, this book doesn't waste a word. If you don't like talky books, and you don't like character development, then yeah, you might not like it as well. If thrills a minute is your game, this is not your book. However.
I loved this book. It's about a man named Kvothe, who is apparently a huge hero, but now he's just an innkeeper. He sits down one day with a scribe and starts to tell his life story. The storyline flips back and forth between his history, and the present. And it is all fascinating. The detail, the development, the writing, it soars. There's not always something thrilling going on, but that didn't change my involvement in the story at all. Some people have complained that it's "slow at times". Dude, go back to Tom Clancy. The worst part for me is that it is the first of three books, and the other two are already written, but they won't be released until next freaking year. Why must they do this to us?
I realize that's not much of a review. Mostly a "I liked it", long on opinion, short on substance. Hey, sometimes I don't have anything deep to add, you know.
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