I'm getting older every year (the scientists can't explain it), and with each year that passes I find myself relating to this title a little bit less. As others have no doubt mentioned in their reviews, I came into this novel back in 2008 and fell in love. The prose, the story, the way it seemed that Rothfuss was hinting at something really special with future volumes, it was all there.

I think a lot of people soured on the series during certain parts of the second novel and that's retroactively affected how they feel about this book. For me, at nearly 40 years old now, I still find the prose to be great. I still find the story interesting, I just don't easily relate to the main character quite like I used to.

Ultimately, I DO recommend this book for people who love fantasy books. I hope to one day see some sort of conclusion to this series, where we hopefully see some great resolutions, some great story elements that play on our expectations in interesting ways and more.