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Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. Picking up the tale of Kvothe Kingkiller once again, we follow him into exile, into political intrigue, courtship, adventure, love and magic . . . and further along the path that has turned Kvothe, the mightiest magician of his age, a legend in his own time, into Kote, the unassuming pub landlord. Packed with as much magic, adventure and home-grown drama as THE NAME OF THE WIND, this is a sequel in every way the equal to its predecessor and a must-read for all fantasy fans. Readable, engaging and gripping THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the biggest and the best new fantasy novel out there.
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Patrick Rothfuss had the good fortune to be born in Wisconsin in 1973, where the long winters and lack of cable television encouraged a love of reading and writing. After abandoning his chosen field of chemical engineering, Pat became an itinerant student, wandering through clinical psychology, philosophy, medieval history, theatre and sociology. Nine years later, Pat was forced by university policy to finally complete his undergraduate degree in English. When not reading and writing, he teaches fencing and dabbles with alchemy in his basement.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
quite simply brilliant,
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This review is from: The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2 (Hardcover)
Very few books have had me waiting so much in anticipation of the sequel as much as this title The Wise Man's Fear.
The Wise Man's Fear is a quite simply brilliant, in some ways better than The Name of the Wind. I really do think it would spoil the adventure to tell you too much and add plot and story to the review. I honestly think it should be enough to say that only a small section of the book takes place at the University, and it's good to see Kvothe on the road. Rothfuss continues to dazzle and amaze with his ability to create new a whole new world with new cultures and languages. There are few as fascinating and dangerous as of the Adem. Also Im glad to say that I reread Name of the Wind in preparation for this release, I highly recommend rereading it in preparation for The Wise Man's Fear, it'll make the spotting of familiar faces and answers to forgotten mysteries all the sweeter and the story as a whole more satisfying, for a book this long its easy to forget some of the subtle nuances but a reread first take care of that. 5 stars a must buy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Far too short,
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This review is from: The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2 (Hardcover)
I was waiting outside my local bookshop upon the morning of the 1st, I've been waiting four years for this sequel and it is perhaps the first sequel which I have eagerly anticipated which have lived upto and beyond my expectations. We carry on from where we left Kote telling the tell of his life to the wandering Chronicler. Kote is carrying on with his studies at the University and continuing to get into trouble with the local nobility.
If you've read the first book "The Name of the Wind" then it continues in this vein, semi autobiographical interrupted with "real time" events of the now darkening world around Kote and his quite inn. Once again this world is exquisitely described, bringing the vibrant characters to life and ensuring the reader is capable of imagining the world as the author wrote it. The book is just over 1000 pages, which sounds a lot, but it flies by. I read it in one sitting and was still wanting more at the end, which means I shall once again be waiting outside the shops for the follow up. If you've not read the first story then I hardly recommend it, if you read the first one and have not yet read this then you definitely should it is not a let down and it doesn't spoil the marvel of the original.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Same Strengths but also the Same Flaws as the First,
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This review is from: The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2 (Hardcover)
There are writers who improve novel to novel. Guy Gavriel Kay, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett, are good examples. These authors have thought deeply about their craft and worked hard to improve their books. For the most part they've been highly successful in so doing. Pratchett, while always funny, was weak in structure when he first wrote about the Discworld. Guy Gavriel Kay gave up silly plot devices and concentrated and giving his characters motivations which were relevant to the worlds they inhabited. Jim Butcher simply became a better writer, book on book you can see the man's development as a prose stylist.
Patrick Rothfuss has not. His strengths, in this his second novel, are exactly the same as in the first. A piquant turn of phrase, a clever use of his framing device, and, when they occur, strong scenes of action and excitement. Unfortunately his weaknesses are still there too. If anything, they have been exacerbated. The Wise Man's Fear is even more over written than it's predecessor. After spending three hundred pages 'hustling' his main character out his familiar habitat, he drops him into another, which Rothfuss feels it necessary to explain to us, at great length, as if he were the Russian ambassador sending reports home from the court of Louis XIV. If this was a different sort of book, or, indeed, if Rothfuss managed to engage in either satire, or social commentary to illuminate our own lives, it might be worthwhile. He doesn't and it isn't. It's merely tedious. Far too much of the book is. All of which is a shame. As I said in my review of Rothfuss first book, he has talent. A lot of talent, his prose is splendid in places. If he could only bare to edit his material down to a manageable length for the stories he's telling, he would be a major writer within the genre.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
This book more than lives up to the expectation due the the Name of the Wind. It is quite simply brilliant.
Published 1 day ago by MLee
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Modern Fantasy
In an attempt to be short and sweet, Rothfuss has again created a masterpeice. I literally couldn't put it down until I had finished it, and even then I had that dissapointed...
Published 1 day ago by Skiula
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning
It's been a while since Rothfuss' first book in the Kingkiller Cronicle, 'The Name of Wind', was released, and like many people 'The Wise Man's Fear' has been on my radar for...
Published 2 days ago by Llandolin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, but I still prefer the first book
Perhaps I'm still suffering from withdrawal symptoms but The Wise Man's Fear, is quite sadly, not the equal of The Name of The Wind. The writing has gotten better.
Published 3 days ago by A. V. Tran
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the Wait!!!!
I got this book on Tuesday morning, but I decide to resist its lure and didn't start reading it until that night.
Published 3 days ago by Miss N S Chowdory
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kvothe strides forth
If during his misspent youth Oscar Wilde had played a solo freeform fantasy RPG with Tolkein as the GM, the result might very well have been Kvothe.
Published 3 days ago by Wah Peddle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Much better sequel
At nearly 1000 pages this is one heck of a doorstop so if you intend reading this anywhere other than a comfortable armchair or in bed then you'd better prepare for some serious...
Published 5 days ago by Big Jim
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you loved the first, you'll love this
If you loved the first book, you will love this book. If you were indifferent to the first, I wouldn't bother with this one.
Published 5 days ago by B. Yeoh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Far Superior To Its Predecessor
First of all, if your wondering if this book is one of the following 1. Better then or equal to The Name of the Wind 2.
Published 5 days ago by Tom
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