Are we supposed to view Kvothe as an unreliable narrator?
Or is the framed narrative a way of showing how word-of-mouth distorts the truth and turns ordinary people into heroes?
How did you feel about the structure? Was it annoying? Did it work for you?
Or is the framed narrative a way of showing how word-of-mouth distorts the truth and turns ordinary people into heroes?
How did you feel about the structure? Was it annoying? Did it work for you?
It worked for me, I like a bit of Framing. I like the set-up, here we have a man waiting to die, but he's not old, yet he has done a lot, enough that people hunt him, fear him, respect him. So what did he do? Enough little snippits are revealed to intrigue
"I saw the place in Imre where you killed him. By the fountain, The cobblestones are all shattered. Shattered. They say no one can mend them" - Like this. Or mention of a New Chandrian by Chronicler.
Not to mention Kvothes summary of himself. Which gives us plenty to look for as the story truly starts.
As for the story...well I view this as a story about stories. Are they true or not? Are they accurate or not? Does it matter? Who owns a story - The teller, the subject, or the listener?
So yes, I think we are meant to think both, that he is reliable, yet maybe he's not. Bast certainly interjects enough to leave you wondering.
Finally I'm intrigued by where the story is going, and the framing helps this. We have 2 books left apparently, can all the questions be solved by then? (it took him 600 pages to reach 15 after all) Will the story end with the end of Kvothes story to Chronicler, or will it continue? Will Kvothe deal with:
You know better than that, Bast. All of this is my fault. The Scrael, the war. All my fault."
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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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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