The Wise Man’s Fear
2011
- the kingkiller chronicle
- magicians
- attempted assassination
- fairies
- fiction
- fantasy
- heroes
- mercenary troops
- nyt:hardcover_fiction=2011-05-28
- epic fantasy
The story
Preceded by: [The Name of the Wind][1] In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of his family, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived...until Kvothe. Now, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time. ([source][2]) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9772092W/The_Name_of_the_Wind [2]: https://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/books.asp
What it’s like
Lush, sensory prose with a warm, wry storyteller's voice: a young man recounting his own life in long, digressive chapters, with the smell of road dust, candle-lit taverns, lute strings, and the hush of a university library. The Fae episodes turn dreamlike and sensual, all green light, slow time, and drifting music, while the mercenary and wilderness passages go taut and physical. Pacing is leisurely and expansive, savoring small domestic and scholarly details between bursts of danger. The emotional register sits somewhere between grief and longing, with humor cutting through the melancholy. Its people are shaped by loss and by the weight of a reputation they never asked for, and their arcs unfold as a slow, stubborn reckoning with who they are becoming. Violence is present and sometimes sharp, including a trial, duels, and a brutal beating, but it is episodic rather than constant. Sexual content appears, most notably in the Fae sequences, and is sensual and frank without being graphic. Best suited to readers who want an immersive, comfortable-to-get-lost-in epic with rich atmosphere, a talkative narrator, and a slow-burning sense of mystery, and less suited to anyone wanting brisk plotting or a gentle, violence-free read.
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