Either everything he did was right or he was justified and being wrongly persecuted/misunderstood. Modern Kvothe was interesting. Young Kvothe was a text-book Gary Stu.
It is *his* story after all, and *he's* telling it. Do you tend to paint yourself badly in the stories you tell?
It was still irritating to read. It's one thing to say that it's a deconstruction of the hero's journey or whatever, and it's another to play it straight for 800 pages. There's a certain point where it just becomes what it is pretending to be.
Insert theme music here.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
18/03/2011 03:56:27 PM
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I just feel that even when it's being unproductive and overlong...
18/03/2011 08:05:33 PM
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Thanks for the review.
18/03/2011 11:07:46 PM
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Why did you want to punch him?
18/03/2011 11:18:05 PM
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Because he was insufferably perfect
19/03/2011 04:26:05 AM
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In once sense of course he was
19/03/2011 05:05:40 PM
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I understand the point
19/03/2011 10:08:49 PM
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About that present day fight scene...
18/03/2011 11:21:56 PM
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My guess: *spoilers*
19/03/2011 01:26:53 AM
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Three words: Crossroads of Twilight
29/03/2011 10:52:51 PM
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...now that I think about it, that's pretty apt. Though I still enjoyed it. (Spoilers)
30/03/2011 01:35:15 AM
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