Despues de "Canción de Hielo y Fuego" y "El señor de los Anillos" la mejor novela de fantasia que he leido, pocas estan a la altura.
Una pena que de momento solo haya escrito el primer libro, pero ha dado en el clavo, esperemos que los siguientes libros conserven este nivel.
Recomendado 100% ( )

Easily one of my favorite fantasy books, ever! Don't bother reading reviews if you do not have this go buy it, NOW! ( )

Quite simply the best book I've ever read, and I don't say that lightly. I love long books, normally the longer the better. I can honestly say this is the first book of this length that I felt never lagged in any section or seemed to have even an unecessary word. This book is absolutely enthralling and beatifully done. I'm amazed that this is Rothfuss's first novel. The only thing that may be better than this book is the next one. Now my main problem is waiting for it to come out! ( )

I found this fattie (736 pages) while clicking through the fantasy listings on Amazon. It came attached with gushing praise from many sources. Set in a medieval-like world (de rigeuer for fantasy), it's the story of Kvothe, a man who began his life in a troupe of traveling minstrels and actors and then later enters a university devoted to the study of magic. Kvothe relates his tale in three days to the Chronicler (so this is only a third of the story.) Rothfuss' story is engaging and detailed but the pacing is slow and the action is minimal. That said, I'll be reading the next installment when it becomes available. My wife's reading this now -- she had little options at the time -- and so far she finds it to be rather "dark." ( )

There are lots of books were the protagonist is ultra-human. Whether it be Heinlein's Uber Mensch or Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes", the classical Achilles, or a Manga vampire-like creature, literature (good and bad) is full of them. What really separates the Good books and Bad books that have such people is whether the protagonist pulls a solution out of his rear end, or whether we've been methodically led to each achievement, ready and primed for him/her to do their 'stuff'.

Kvothe's story, in Rothfuss' "Name of the Wind", falls into the latter category. Kvothe is a character that can do many things well, but none of them can come as a surprise or as unbelievable if you've been paying the least bit of attention to the story. Rothfuss brilliantly prepares the reader to understand how each feat was achieved. And honestly, it's been a long while since I have read a book that was so well conceived and derived. It is simply brilliantly micro-managed.

Now, some of you might be looking at the book size and thing 'egads' that's a lot of words. Let me tell you that the book is a quick read. I mean, I'm as slow as molasses when it comes to words per minute, and I finished it in a few days.

The story is told as a memoir, but the book doesn't start at that point. It starts in it's own 'present' and then for it's own reasons goes into the flashback. When I first read the 'present' chapter I was somewhat discouraged, and thought that in all likelihood, what I had in my hands was an average sort of book. But that was not the case. So if you find yourself in a similar frame of mind, do continue on.

Talking Points:::
Excellent World Building
Very Good Writing
Excellent Plotting
Interesting characters
One of THE Best Books I've read this year

Be forewarned that the book does not cover Kvothe's entire life. I have written the publisher, but they had no clue as to when-where-how a sequel would appear. They referred me to the author's own webpage. So I, and a very large number of other people, await a new work more than eagerly.

Pam T~ ( )