Comments on: Review | The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss

By: Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind « Fyrefly’s Book Blog

Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind « Fyrefly’s Book Blog — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:17:00 +0000

[...] Other Reviews: My real-life friend John wrote a guest review of this book a while back. Also see: The SF Site, Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review, The Book Book, A Dribble of Ink [...]

By: Robertk

Robertk — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:41:00 +0000

Your review encompassed all the related liturgy that one could expect from a dust cover, although without the added details. It was well written and structurally sound. After reading the book myself I have to agree with your responses. A wonderful tale that had a few low points (the ending for sure) yet made me enough of a believer to go and purchase the next one when avaliable. Thanks for the post.

Robertk

By: Wren

Wren — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:42:17 +0000

I have to say, I like the style of this book. Though for my mom it was there yet, due to the fact that nothing really happens in the first book. I keep telling her the first book is setting up the whole plot for the next books, but sadly, she’ll hear nothing about it. Though she hasn’t given this book a fair chance, I can’t wait till the next one comes out.

By: An Aside | Shawn C. Speakman - A Dribble of Ink

An Aside | Shawn C. Speakman - A Dribble of Ink — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:06:48 +0000

[...] the same types of things that people are saying about Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind (REVIEW), Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth and David Anthony Durham’s ACACIA: The War with the Mein [...]

By: Gav’s Blog » Blog Archive » And that’s not all

Gav’s Blog » Blog Archive » And that’s not all — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:53:50 +0000

[...] fan with lots and lots of related posts on his blog including an interview. Part one is here. His review says: “Fans of typical High Fantasy full of sword fighting, action, huge battles and liberal [...]

By: aidan

aidan — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:50:45 +0000

Thanks Joe! It looks like you’ve got a great thing going on over there. I’ve added a link to you blog on my blogroll.

By: Joe Sherry

Joe Sherry — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:27:41 +0000

I can be found at: http://joesherry.blogspot.com/

I need to update my links with a bunch of SFF related blog and stuff, but otherwise the page is pretty well set.

By: aidan

aidan — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:40:22 +0000

Joe, post a link to your blog.

I’d love to check it out and if I like what I see I’ll even add it to my links on the left!

By: Joe Sherry

Joe Sherry — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:30:59 +0000

Better…It’s not there yet, but it’s better.

I struggle with the plot description thing in my reviews on my blog. As a reader I want to know what the novel is about, what the basic / core storyline is, but I know I need to spend more time talking about the book rather than describing the story. There’s a fine line which I am still trying to figure out how to walk. Some days I do better than others.

By: aidan

aidan — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:56:16 +0000

Thanks Joe.

That’s actually one of the big things I want to bring to my reviews. If you want to know about the plot you can read the dusk jacket (or the book itself, for that matter), I think it is much more important to get across the message of how well the story is told, instead.

A lot of people seem to be down on the cover… I kinda like it! You might like the UK cover a bit better.

By: Joe Sherry

Joe Sherry — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:46:57 +0000

I’ve been mostly avoiding reviews of this book. I know it’s the Big Thing of 2007, but I loathe the cover. Bad reason, but it’s such a turn off. And yet, I know it is supposed to be good.

What I liked about your review was that it told me less about plot and more about construction and what made the book different (though not necessarily new / fresh)