I don't think the we are 'supposed' to find him unreliable. I don't know that he isn't though. By unreliable, I take to mean that Kvothe's account is somehow questionable. There are a couple instances where Bast shows some surprise or confusion about the story as told. I assume that we are somehow not getting all of the story. Or, if nothing else, just a very specific view of how the tale unfolded. Most people have a somewhat limited perspective of their own stories after all.
I can see that, but my take on the Bast instances were that he had thought he understood the story until hearing what really happened. Not the other way around. I could be wrong though, obv. For me, that strengthened my trust for Kvothe rather than dented it, because it felt as though (in an effort to tell the full story) he was relating things Bast might never have heard before.
Besides, a real storyteller makes a story believable, not always bigger.
Yes, true.
I think this is part of Kvothe's motivation, and in part the intended structure for the narrative. We don't get the repeated "Real life isn't like a story" line for nothing. But, that being said, I still get the feeling that something more, or less, is going on at times. There are just a few moments in the narrative that give me pause. (I'll have to page through a few things when i get home to my book... I'll try to be more specific)
K, cool. Yay, bookclub is fun!
November Book Club is now open! The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
16/11/2009 08:05:02 AM
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What do you think of the plot?
16/11/2009 08:05:59 AM
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Until the end...
16/11/2009 09:09:15 PM
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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
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I agree and stuff.
18/11/2009 06:32:41 PM
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Nobody likes the dragon.
23/11/2009 04:13:05 AM
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What do you think of the characters?
16/11/2009 08:08:34 AM
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I thought most of the characters were well done; I connected with many of them.
17/11/2009 07:13:21 AM
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That last scene with Bast, is one of the ones that really sets me to thinking...
17/11/2009 08:26:38 PM
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Bast is one I'm not sure about.
18/11/2009 06:34:43 PM
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I did forget to mention the really horrible pun-type thing I thought of after his last scene.
20/11/2009 12:23:22 AM
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Do you like the magic system?
16/11/2009 08:09:14 AM
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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
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I really couldn't say whether it was fair. Seems a weird judgement to me.
17/11/2009 07:02:21 AM
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Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me
17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM
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I thought the same thing about his friends.
17/11/2009 08:43:05 PM
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I will have to admit that you guys are right about the friends and Ambrose. It was...forced.
01/12/2009 11:38:20 PM
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Purpose of the structure.
16/11/2009 01:54:39 PM
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I liked it.
16/11/2009 08:39:39 PM
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I don't think...
16/11/2009 08:51:54 PM
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Re: I don't think...
16/11/2009 09:12:54 PM
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You know...
16/11/2009 10:48:04 PM
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Kvothe as a Gary Stu...
16/11/2009 10:33:03 PM
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Overall impression of the book?
17/11/2009 08:34:25 PM
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I enjoyed it the first time through. But for me it didn't stand up to a reread.
21/11/2009 03:55:05 AM
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I loved it. I had just had a string of bad books and was getting discouraged
02/12/2009 12:02:18 AM
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Were there lots of little things that bugged you? Or was that just me?
17/11/2009 08:57:26 PM
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Those little instances did seem to stick out a little bit more than average.
17/11/2009 09:04:43 PM
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Yes. And Ambrose's name was one of them.
18/11/2009 03:12:50 AM
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Yeah, now that you mention those, I remember those two instances. *NM*
18/11/2009 04:48:10 AM
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Ambrose's name never bothered me because I read more carefully than you guys did.
29/11/2009 04:32:30 PM
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What was your favourite scene? *NM*
18/11/2009 08:59:52 PM
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Trapis.
19/11/2009 03:47:07 AM
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I found Trapis touching as well. I would have liked to see more of him.
29/11/2009 06:33:39 PM
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To balance things out, were there any little details that you really appreciated?
20/11/2009 12:16:35 AM
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