I'm guessing the reason this book has such good ratings is probably due to it's vague resemblance to the Harry Potter books (a slightly more grown up version, at least). Not to say it's a bad book. I just wouldn't give it the gushing five stars it seems to always get.

Kvothe eventually makes his way to the University to learn magic (aka "sympathy" in this book). Then... Well, honestly not much else happens that I can say without spoiling things. All in all, The Name of the Wind seems like a setup for later books, more than anything. Has some nice, smartly written stuff that was good enough for me to see what happens in The Wise Man's Fear.