'Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.'
I've actually been reading this book for a few days now, and it's completely living up to my expectations.
This sentence echoes throughout both this book and the first one in the trilogy, The name of the Wind. Reading this beginning was like a confirmation of what I knew. Of what I expected, that the book was going to be of epic scale.
It set my nerves on edge, heightened my anticipation, and fixed a smile firmly on my face; regardless that I was sitting in the town centre on a random street bench at the time.
Read my review of 'The Name of the Wind' here.
Linking up to Book Beginnings @ Rose City Reader.
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I think I may start this series (trilogy?) I haven't read any Sci-fi or fantasy since...December? Not sure.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a trilogy, the first is the Name of the Wind, and you definitely need to read them in order because there's some serious overlap. The third book isn't released until May 1st next year either.
DeleteBut Patrick Rothfuss has a majorly good way with words and they're the best books I've read.. ever...
I need to get this trilogy. I keep hearing about it and SciFi is my favorite. Here is my post:
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I read your post. It was an interesting beginning but not sure I'd enjoy it as I'm not much of a mystery reader, having said that every now and then...
DeleteI'm not surprised you keep hearing about it as it's awesome. When I bought the first book I'd walked around the town centre debating it for a couple of hours, but when i took it to the till the two guys there had both read it and were like really good book, you'll be addicted and I totally see what they meant.
Hmmm....wondering about the three parts of silence. Does it have a literal meaning?
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The silence of three parts does seem to have some kind of literal meaning. Both of the books which have been published have started and ended with it being elaborated on a little. The books are basically Kvothe telling his extremely interesting past where he's a musician and is learning the art of naming. He's anything but silent most of the time and he has a student who's worried about him, and I think it's probably mostly to do with the third silence which belongs to the innkeeper and is described as the 'patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.'
DeleteSeems quite significant to me :P
Great beginning! I have got to read something by Rothfuss. I do have a couple of his books on my massive TBR stack. What I lack is time to read anything but the current book I have for review. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteIf you've got the books then I'd definitely recommend moving them to the forefront of your TBR stack. They're worth it!
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