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Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me Wibble Send a noteboard - 17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM
But overall, it really didn't have the same feel. It's much broader in scope.

The only part that really stuck out to me was not the University itself, but the whole Ambrose thing. He seemed very Draco-like in his animosity. "Hello, I don't know you or anything about you, but I'm going to pick on you once and we shall become bitter enemies for life."

Really?


Not because of any Harry Potter similarity I hasten to add, indeed Draco probably did have some reason to dislike Harry since Harry was infamous after all.

But Ambrose and Kvothe was so forced. It was almost as if the author sat and thought to himself "I need an enemy at university, someone who will be annoying at 1st, dangerous in the middle and probably (we've yet to see) responsible for a big shift in the story later." (i'll go into my expectations of ambrose later).

Having had this thought, he then decided he needed said character quickly, and so made up the most ridiculous little scene going for the enmity (which was far too overblown for the situation) to begin. And all of this on day one at Uni. It all seemed far too rushed and forced, and just left a bad taste in the mouth, it didn't sit well at all with the more measured pace of the rest of the book. So yes, it's the one thing that really annoyed me
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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 1700 Views
What do you think of the plot? - 16/11/2009 08:05:59 AM 935 Views
Until the end... - 16/11/2009 09:09:15 PM 953 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 931 Views
It's Rothfuss' Tom Bombadil moment. - 20/11/2009 07:47:03 AM 1116 Views
Definitely weird. - 21/11/2009 03:49:13 AM 1006 Views
I agree and stuff. - 18/11/2009 06:32:41 PM 1054 Views
Nobody likes the dragon. - 23/11/2009 04:13:05 AM 989 Views
Cavorting's all very well. - 23/11/2009 06:50:56 PM 1007 Views
Pssh, giant lizards are never out of place. - 24/11/2009 03:39:16 AM 1062 Views
Wasn't too big a fan. - 18/11/2009 10:00:10 PM 1116 Views
It's steady. With one key passage at the start - 26/11/2009 11:09:49 PM 926 Views
What do you think of the characters? - 16/11/2009 08:08:34 AM 1025 Views
I didn't particularly dislike anyone. - 16/11/2009 09:01:30 PM 960 Views
Damned plot devices. - 18/11/2009 06:36:00 PM 1102 Views
I thought most of the characters were well done; I connected with many of them. - 17/11/2009 07:13:21 AM 1078 Views
That last scene with Bast, is one of the ones that really sets me to thinking... - 17/11/2009 08:26:38 PM 1120 Views
Agreed - 20/11/2009 07:52:34 AM 1159 Views
Bast is one I'm not sure about. - 18/11/2009 06:34:43 PM 989 Views
He's my favorite! - 20/11/2009 07:54:39 AM 1071 Views
Re: What do you think of the characters? - 17/11/2009 11:13:07 AM 1044 Views
Dudette, and I agree with you too. - 18/11/2009 06:34:14 PM 905 Views
Do you like the magic system? - 16/11/2009 08:09:14 AM 1003 Views
I do. - 16/11/2009 08:45:12 PM 1119 Views
I thought it was quite neat. - 16/11/2009 08:55:56 PM 1009 Views
I figured you would. - 18/11/2009 06:38:06 PM 1019 Views
Re: Do you like the magic system? - 17/11/2009 11:18:27 AM 1025 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 459 Views
Unfair. - 16/11/2009 01:48:16 PM 1045 Views
Unfair - 16/11/2009 06:20:56 PM 933 Views
Oh, true. - 16/11/2009 07:54:18 PM 1024 Views
Well, - 16/11/2009 08:37:27 PM 1002 Views
I suppose, but... - 16/11/2009 10:43:53 PM 1124 Views
Maybe not unfair, but not accurate. - 16/11/2009 08:41:27 PM 937 Views
Hm. - 16/11/2009 08:45:14 PM 997 Views
Re: Hm. - 16/11/2009 08:50:36 PM 1001 Views
I really couldn't say whether it was fair. Seems a weird judgement to me. - 17/11/2009 07:02:21 AM 1014 Views
Now this Ambrose point I absolutely agree with. It really annoyed me - 17/11/2009 07:32:51 PM 1001 Views
I agree. - 17/11/2009 08:10:58 PM 1071 Views
I dunno. - 01/12/2009 01:26:39 PM 1329 Views
Unfair, this is much more mature - 17/11/2009 10:53:44 PM 1117 Views
Totally fair - 20/11/2009 07:58:15 AM 1110 Views
Purpose of the structure. - 16/11/2009 01:54:39 PM 1094 Views
I liked it. - 16/11/2009 08:39:39 PM 1050 Views
Re: I liked it. - 16/11/2009 08:43:00 PM 1017 Views
I don't think... - 16/11/2009 08:51:54 PM 936 Views
Re: I don't think... - 16/11/2009 09:12:54 PM 929 Views
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You know... - 16/11/2009 10:48:04 PM 1083 Views
I don't mind being pulled out of his story - 16/11/2009 11:26:04 PM 1028 Views
Ah, okay. *NM* - 17/11/2009 03:00:13 AM 458 Views
I don't think so. - 17/11/2009 01:06:01 AM 1029 Views
Both - 26/11/2009 11:27:00 PM 859 Views
Awesome. - 01/12/2009 01:20:53 PM 1141 Views
I like that fountain line - 01/12/2009 08:00:07 PM 1421 Views
Kvothe as a Gary Stu... - 16/11/2009 10:33:03 PM 1163 Views
I don't think he is. - 16/11/2009 11:09:38 PM 1043 Views
Good point. - 17/11/2009 01:02:22 AM 973 Views
Overall impression of the book? - 17/11/2009 08:34:25 PM 866 Views
Meh. *NM* - 17/11/2009 08:35:55 PM 421 Views
I really liked it. - 17/11/2009 08:46:24 PM 957 Views
I liked it alright. - 18/11/2009 04:13:13 AM 869 Views
Were there lots of little things that bugged you? Or was that just me? - 17/11/2009 08:57:26 PM 969 Views
Those little instances did seem to stick out a little bit more than average. - 17/11/2009 09:04:43 PM 1036 Views
That could be it. - 17/11/2009 09:57:19 PM 1032 Views
Well, the complete lack of a decent plot didn't exactly help. - 17/11/2009 09:05:30 PM 951 Views
That's a relatively minor complaint. - 17/11/2009 09:59:08 PM 966 Views
Yes. And Ambrose's name was one of them. - 18/11/2009 03:12:50 AM 1064 Views
What was your favourite scene? *NM* - 18/11/2009 08:59:52 PM 504 Views
For me, it was Kvothe earning his pipes. - 18/11/2009 09:05:15 PM 1104 Views
I agree about the pipes, hands down. - 18/11/2009 10:14:50 PM 1030 Views
The pipes and the asylum scene with the Master Namer. - 19/11/2009 02:02:50 AM 1183 Views
I like how Rothfuss played the asylum scene. - 01/12/2009 01:24:37 PM 1091 Views
Yeah, winning the pipes was nice. - 19/11/2009 03:44:11 AM 1006 Views
It wasn't the pipes - 20/11/2009 08:01:36 AM 1061 Views
Trapis. - 19/11/2009 03:47:07 AM 1057 Views
I found Trapis touching as well. I would have liked to see more of him. - 29/11/2009 06:33:39 PM 983 Views
I thought that too, initially. Maybe we will. - 01/12/2009 01:23:39 PM 1005 Views
Oooh. Nicely said. I liked that. *NM* - 02/12/2009 12:04:06 AM 444 Views
To balance things out, were there any little details that you really appreciated? - 20/11/2009 12:16:35 AM 847 Views
In Skarpi's story, the names of the characters caught my eye. - 20/11/2009 12:21:33 AM 999 Views
Give me a few days to join in... - 23/11/2009 12:47:13 AM 890 Views

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