/lit/ - Literature

Lackluster, juvenile escapism.

Well, that was pretty bad. Mostly because Kvothe was just such an insufferable douchebag. I don't really mind selfinserted characters, but this is just too much. And the romance line was just dogshit. The story itself, tho, was interesting enough to keep me going.

2.5/5
Hopefully the second book won't be as bad

This isn't very good honestly.
But it is super cozy. Is the second book like that too?

on page 200 and I hate every single character in this fucking book. I do not care what happens to them, cannot force myself to. I guess it would be entertaining if they all got raped and tortured to death but that's it

Prose and pacing are good tho

>so what if we remade naruto, but it was a fantasy book with a bard as the main character
>a million reads on goodreads
>constantly comes up in popular online discourse
It was very comfortable and easy to read I'll give it that.

Is the Name of the Wind worth the read bro?
I need some escapism with an engrossing story to cope right now.

This protag is literally a Mary Sue

dropped

Is it overrated? so much exposition at the beginning I fall asleep everytime I try to read it

I tried reading this book. I've started it and quit four times. It's a book about nothing. I don't see the hype.

>>19149090
pic related has those things and it's still bad

Read 350 pages. Not that good.

> Be me
> want to start reading as a hobby
> i like fantasy/fiction and so on
> look up what others think is good
> Almost EVERYONE says that "Name of the Wind" is in their top 5
> must be a good book
> i buy and read it
> meh

It was.... ok? But i don't get why it's apparently one of the very best. The MC is a mary sue (from page 1 he is the very best at everything at the same time), 90% of the book is how he has financial problems but still spends the money barely scrapes together like he is Mansa Musa. Behaves pretty cringy, especially when Denna is around. Denna is also meh.

In the beginning i got fired up pretty hard by reading about how he was this incredible guy that killed a king, destroyed a kingdom, survived some scary beings and didn't go mad etc. but the craziest thing that happens is that a fire spitting crocodile got high on sugar.

How is this one of the best books there is? I mean, i liked the writing itself (im a lit noob tho, so that doesn't mean much) and the magic system is pretty cool. The villians are also cool but you only see them in like 1 or 2 chapters.

Why is it so beloved? What am I not seeing? If everyone else likes it then it's probably me, fight? Do i need to read more books to understand the genius of Patrick Rothfuss?

Have you read his prose? It's very vivid. Um, what's wrong with a protagonist who makes Rey from Star Wars look like an incompetent MAGA Chud? Are you a bigot or something? This is the greatest fantasy novel since Tolkien according to Reddit.

Can someone please tell me why is this book so popular? I dropped it hard halfway,it is basically the story of an OP guy and everything he does is because he is OP as fuck and no one can stop him because he is OP since the beginning, what is the appeal of this?

Post good fantasy books/series

Did he bite off more than he could chew? His editor certainly thinks so

>read pic related
>about to start reading the sequel

I had trouble reading fantasy for years but this got me back into it big time.
Do you think there's any chance we'll get the sequel this year?

What am I in for /lit/?

>>15278128
I fell in love with Patric Rothfuss.
His writing felt cozy.

God this book is boring. I am thinking of giving up on it.

Are these books worth reading?

What is /lit/'s opinion on this

So it’s large considered that this series is complete garbage right?

I enjoyed this very much