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reviewed The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind (Paperback, 2008, DAW Books) 4 stars

My name is Kvothe.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned …

Review of 'The Name of the Wind' on Goodreads

2 stars

As dire as described in all of the 1-star reviews:
terribly written, young-adult fare
big strong alpha-male hero who can do everything,
clumsy clumsy clumsy
all characters are one-dimensional
* all scenes are one-dimensional.

I mean, it's just awful, and when the big strong green-eyed hero switched to recounting the bone-damagingly boring story of his ONE-TRUE-LOVE, then I just couldn't take it any more.

Shame on all those who give this pile of amateur crap 3 stars or more.