The thing that will most stop you enjoying this book, and it's a big one that's been mentioned in other reviews, is the main character. I've read Eragon, and enjoyed it and didn't find the character annoying at all, but found Kvothe's wealth of talents, general attitude and lack of flaws off-putting. However you will stop minding after a bit, or even at all, because the REST of the book is pretty awesome.
Whether Kvothe is travelling with his parents in the troupe or trying to survive as the lowest-of-the-low thief as a pickpocket in a busy city. You will be swept up by a well-imagined and memeorable world full of grey characters and strange myths. The magic is interestingly potrayed, as are how it's dealt with. Perhaps the novel mainly works because the author doesn't expect or need us to like or even sympathise with Kvothe, he is simply the lense through which we find out more about the world and get to know it's inhabitants.
The Name of the Wind: It kinds of works.
The thing that will most stop you enjoying this book, and it's a big one that's been mentioned in other reviews, is the main character. I've read Eragon, and enjoyed it and didn't find the character annoying at all, but found Kvothe's wealth of talents, general attitude and lack of flaws off-putting. However you will stop minding after a bit, or even at all, because the REST of the book is pretty awesome.
Whether Kvothe is travelling with his parents in the troupe or trying to survive as the lowest-of-the-low thief as a pickpocket in a busy city. You will be swept up by a well-imagined and memeorable world full of grey characters and strange myths. The magic is interestingly potrayed, as are how it's dealt with. Perhaps the novel mainly works because the author doesn't expect or need us to like or even sympathise with Kvothe, he is simply the lense through which we find out more about the world and get to know it's inhabitants.
So worth a read? I'd say so, or at least a try.