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I didn't particularly dislike anyone. nossy Send a noteboard - 16/11/2009 09:01:30 PM
Kvothe, Erlodin, Bast, Chronicler, Denna, Ambrose etc.

Well, Ambrose yeah, but I don't count him.

I liked Kvothe. He was interesting and oddly embarrassable. I liked his interactions with the professors, except for the jerky one whose name I can't remember. That character seems too BeenThereDoneThat to me. Bleh.

I liked Bast and Chronicler, but as I said, I didn't exactly like the chapters they were featured in. I especially thought the section with Bast threatening Chronicler had a lot of potential (and some of it was good), but then went a little flat.

I liked Simmon and Wil. They were steady characters, if nothing special. One of my favorite scenes from the whole novel was when he went to win his pipes.

Denna was ok, but I didn't really form a great connection to her either. That probably says a lot about his writing though, because I typically can't stand the "all men love this extraordinarily beautiful female" roles written by men.

I liked the girl from the sewers, and wasn't overly pleased to find out she was a plot device.

I thought I was going to like Elodin, but then that never built up before the end of the story.
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November Book Club is now open! The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. - 16/11/2009 08:05:02 AM 1782 Views
What do you think of the plot? - 16/11/2009 08:05:59 AM 1002 Views
Until the end... - 16/11/2009 09:09:15 PM 1034 Views
It's almost as if the author decided there needed to be a little adventure to move the story along. - 17/11/2009 08:23:36 PM 1006 Views
It's Rothfuss' Tom Bombadil moment. - 20/11/2009 07:47:03 AM 1193 Views
Definitely weird. - 21/11/2009 03:49:13 AM 1094 Views
I agree and stuff. - 18/11/2009 06:32:41 PM 1125 Views
Nobody likes the dragon. - 23/11/2009 04:13:05 AM 1075 Views
Cavorting's all very well. - 23/11/2009 06:50:56 PM 1089 Views
Pssh, giant lizards are never out of place. - 24/11/2009 03:39:16 AM 1158 Views
Wasn't too big a fan. - 18/11/2009 10:00:10 PM 1192 Views
It's steady. With one key passage at the start - 26/11/2009 11:09:49 PM 996 Views
What do you think of the characters? - 16/11/2009 08:08:34 AM 1097 Views
I didn't particularly dislike anyone. - 16/11/2009 09:01:30 PM 1034 Views
Damned plot devices. - 18/11/2009 06:36:00 PM 1178 Views
I thought most of the characters were well done; I connected with many of them. - 17/11/2009 07:13:21 AM 1163 Views
That last scene with Bast, is one of the ones that really sets me to thinking... - 17/11/2009 08:26:38 PM 1204 Views
Agreed - 20/11/2009 07:52:34 AM 1242 Views
Bast is one I'm not sure about. - 18/11/2009 06:34:43 PM 1075 Views
He's my favorite! - 20/11/2009 07:54:39 AM 1151 Views
Re: What do you think of the characters? - 17/11/2009 11:13:07 AM 1129 Views
Dudette, and I agree with you too. - 18/11/2009 06:34:14 PM 978 Views
Do you like the magic system? - 16/11/2009 08:09:14 AM 1085 Views
I do. - 16/11/2009 08:45:12 PM 1194 Views
I thought it was quite neat. - 16/11/2009 08:55:56 PM 1085 Views
I figured you would. - 18/11/2009 06:38:06 PM 1087 Views
Re: Do you like the magic system? - 17/11/2009 11:18:27 AM 1096 Views
The book has been compared with Harry Potter. Do you think this is fair? Why/why not? *NM* - 16/11/2009 08:09:58 AM 490 Views
Unfair. - 16/11/2009 01:48:16 PM 1125 Views
Unfair - 16/11/2009 06:20:56 PM 1013 Views
Oh, true. - 16/11/2009 07:54:18 PM 1094 Views
Well, - 16/11/2009 08:37:27 PM 1082 Views
I suppose, but... - 16/11/2009 10:43:53 PM 1206 Views
Maybe not unfair, but not accurate. - 16/11/2009 08:41:27 PM 1017 Views
Hm. - 16/11/2009 08:45:14 PM 1070 Views
Re: Hm. - 16/11/2009 08:50:36 PM 1079 Views
I really couldn't say whether it was fair. Seems a weird judgement to me. - 17/11/2009 07:02:21 AM 1086 Views
Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me - 17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM 1081 Views
I agree. - 17/11/2009 08:10:58 PM 1162 Views
I dunno. - 01/12/2009 01:26:39 PM 1434 Views
Unfair, this is much more mature - 17/11/2009 10:53:44 PM 1199 Views
Totally fair - 20/11/2009 07:58:15 AM 1200 Views
Purpose of the structure. - 16/11/2009 01:54:39 PM 1171 Views
I liked it. - 16/11/2009 08:39:39 PM 1134 Views
Re: I liked it. - 16/11/2009 08:43:00 PM 1110 Views
I don't think... - 16/11/2009 08:51:54 PM 987 Views
Re: I don't think... - 16/11/2009 09:12:54 PM 1011 Views
Agreed. - 16/11/2009 08:58:34 PM 1135 Views
You know... - 16/11/2009 10:48:04 PM 1156 Views
I don't mind being pulled out of his story - 16/11/2009 11:26:04 PM 1110 Views
Ah, okay. *NM* - 17/11/2009 03:00:13 AM 487 Views
I don't think so. - 17/11/2009 01:06:01 AM 1114 Views
Both - 26/11/2009 11:27:00 PM 929 Views
Awesome. - 01/12/2009 01:20:53 PM 1222 Views
I like that fountain line - 01/12/2009 08:00:07 PM 1491 Views
Kvothe as a Gary Stu... - 16/11/2009 10:33:03 PM 1231 Views
I don't think he is. - 16/11/2009 11:09:38 PM 1120 Views
Good point. - 17/11/2009 01:02:22 AM 1053 Views
Overall impression of the book? - 17/11/2009 08:34:25 PM 946 Views
Meh. *NM* - 17/11/2009 08:35:55 PM 451 Views
I really liked it. - 17/11/2009 08:46:24 PM 1043 Views
I liked it alright. - 18/11/2009 04:13:13 AM 942 Views
Were there lots of little things that bugged you? Or was that just me? - 17/11/2009 08:57:26 PM 1044 Views
Those little instances did seem to stick out a little bit more than average. - 17/11/2009 09:04:43 PM 1117 Views
That could be it. - 17/11/2009 09:57:19 PM 1107 Views
Well, the complete lack of a decent plot didn't exactly help. - 17/11/2009 09:05:30 PM 1024 Views
That's a relatively minor complaint. - 17/11/2009 09:59:08 PM 1045 Views
Yes. And Ambrose's name was one of them. - 18/11/2009 03:12:50 AM 1137 Views
What was your favourite scene? *NM* - 18/11/2009 08:59:52 PM 540 Views
For me, it was Kvothe earning his pipes. - 18/11/2009 09:05:15 PM 1193 Views
I agree about the pipes, hands down. - 18/11/2009 10:14:50 PM 1112 Views
The pipes and the asylum scene with the Master Namer. - 19/11/2009 02:02:50 AM 1265 Views
I like how Rothfuss played the asylum scene. - 01/12/2009 01:24:37 PM 1175 Views
Yeah, winning the pipes was nice. - 19/11/2009 03:44:11 AM 1124 Views
It wasn't the pipes - 20/11/2009 08:01:36 AM 1145 Views
Trapis. - 19/11/2009 03:47:07 AM 1138 Views
I found Trapis touching as well. I would have liked to see more of him. - 29/11/2009 06:33:39 PM 1060 Views
I thought that too, initially. Maybe we will. - 01/12/2009 01:23:39 PM 1074 Views
Oooh. Nicely said. I liked that. *NM* - 02/12/2009 12:04:06 AM 474 Views
To balance things out, were there any little details that you really appreciated? - 20/11/2009 12:16:35 AM 934 Views
In Skarpi's story, the names of the characters caught my eye. - 20/11/2009 12:21:33 AM 1080 Views
Give me a few days to join in... - 23/11/2009 12:47:13 AM 955 Views

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