tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post5211799951867493775..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the WindJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-60707989458004076242011-06-08T14:07:28.874-04:002011-06-08T14:07:28.874-04:00I actually agree with you. I really enjoyed the bo...I actually agree with you. I really enjoyed the book and even posted about it on my blog but I wasn't 100% satisfied with it, and for some reason I kept going back and forth with myself about WHY... I think the end it had to do with its amazing, often self-proclaimed cleverness, which ended up not being especially deep or meaningful. And the typos!! But a fun book nonetheless.<br /><br />http://ioet.com -- recently posted about the book here.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813157105024764718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-6383651378264287252011-05-29T08:04:33.241-04:002011-05-29T08:04:33.241-04:00You've articulated how I feel exactly. Enjoya...You've articulated how I feel exactly. Enjoyable, but the same pieces didn't work for me. In particular, the author's refusal to reveal any reason that Kvothe should be so floored by Denna. It's almost as if he lazily thinks that, since he has done such a good job convincing us that Kvothe is exceptional, the reader should just assume that anyone Kvothe loves is also exceptional. Perhaps Rothfuss didn't intend this, but by the end of the book (and into the second one) it started to seem sexist. As if women exist (and derive their worth) as objects of the male gaze and vessels for male desire. A woman has no intrinsic merit but that which she derives from being loved by men of worth. It rankles.ThursdayNexthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022078897162834903noreply@blogger.com