Barbara S. (tioga) reviewed on 5/14/2008 + 167 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Really interesting story like none other I have read. Looking forward to the next book.

This is a debut book that is the start of a series. Thick book over 700 pages! That is equal to to regular novels these days. Compared to Lord Of The Rings by some and considered the best stories told by any medium, deep, intricate and wondrous by others.

From the back cover:
My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

You may have heard of me.

So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature == the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.

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