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Loading... De angst van de wijze (original 2011; edition 2012)by Patrick Rothfuss, Lia Belt
Work InformationThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (2011)
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I liked this book but I didn’t love it the way I did The Name of the Wind. I definitely could have done without the pages and pages of adolescent male sexual fantasy. Being neither male nor adolescent it was totally lost in me. ( ) For our book club, I'd picked The Name of the Wind as I wanted to try what was being purported to be a great fantasy novel. Gave it 2.5 stars because it just didn't go anywhere. Another club member upon his turn to pick a book chose The Wise Man's Fear, the second installment. I reluctantly agreed and found it to be just as long winded and rudderless. Make no mistake: Rothfuss can write. But being a good writer and being able to tell a good story are clearly two different things. There's really little story between the two books. I got halfway through this one and just had to call it quits. Not bad for what it is. I have a burning hatred for how much time is spend pining over the main love interest, but c'est la vie. The world is expanded upon, which is nice, but I can't help but feel the protagonist is just too good at just about everything. I would still like to read the conclusion, but at this point, I highly doubt it's coming. It is a good series so far, but it drags a little. The character of Kvothe is a little ambiguous. I am not sure what to make of his character. He is usually a stand up character, but in little ways of lying and certain actions you see a character that has a dark side. I will definitely keep reading the series, but at this rate I wonder if it can be finished up in three books or 12+.
Rothfuss takes to the Hero’s Journey with a passion and depth that routinely turns the trite into the transcendent. Rothfuss works all the well-worn conventions of the genre, with a shadow cloak here and a stinging sword there and lots of wizardry throughout, blending a thoroughly prosaic prose style with the heft-of-tome ambitions of a William T. Vollmann. This is a great big book indeed, but not much happens—which, to judge by the success of its predecessor, will faze readers not a whit. Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher SeriesDAW Book Collectors (1540) Science Fiction Book Club (1335537) Is contained inContainsAwardsDistinctions
Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist. No library descriptions found. |
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