This is a great book. Not excellent, but great.
It is Rothfuss's follow up to The Name of the Wind, about failed hero Kvothe who has gone into hiding, changed his name and doing as little as possible running an inn. This is the second instalment in Kvothe's tale and it was a delight to read.
Rothfuss's world building skills are fantastic; the level of detail that has been put into the novel are perfect. It boasts a multitude of different people's and beings, which interact together so realistically, the reader cannot help be suckered in.
The support characters are well developed and cleverly written, again, interacting so well you think they're actually there. It's just a bit of a shame that Rothfuss's protagonist isn't the same. Throughout the book, Kvothe gains magical abilities and becomes rather powerful. Good for him. Then the young, rather naive boy is seduced by the Felurian, who has a reputation for leaving men mad after having her way with them, he even manages to leave her satisfied. How? I mean, he was a virginal boy who knew less than nothing about women? Then he goes off and learns a bunch of fighting skills from another tribe of people who accept him and teach him the uber-secret ways.
I don't mean to nit-pick here but Kvothe comes across as a bit too perfect for my tastes. I like there to be some stumbling on the rise to power but this guy seems to have it too easy.
That said, I will be reading the third instalment when it comes out, just to see what happens in the end and as I feel this way, the book must be a success!
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