The Name Of The Wind
Patrick Rothfuss’s The Name Of The Wind is the first novel in his series The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind was recommended to me by a friend so I gave it a try, and I’m glad I did. The story draws the reader in and it’s hard to put the book down.
The majority of The Name Of The Wind is written from a first person perspective and it is written well. Rothfuss keeps the story fast paced and exciting, and the author’s world itself is well built. The main character, Kvothe, is witty and charming, and is surrounded by an excellent cast of support characters.
In the story a famous young man recounts the adventures of his short, yet eventful, life to a chronicler. The young man tells the chronicler that his tale will take three days to tell. The Name Of The Wind records what the young man says on the first day of the three. He tells of how he started as the son of the leader of a group of travelling entertainers who after his parent’s deaths ended up living on the streets of a large city. After surviving for several years he decides to go follow his dream and attempt to earn acceptance into the university, a well-recognized school.
My rating for The Name Of The Wind is 4/5.
