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 Post subject: The Kingkiller Chronicle
PostPosted: July 23rd, 2012, 7:23 pm 
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I'm so lazy, I'll copy and paste a post I made on another forum. :P



    The Kingkiller Chronicle is a fantasy trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss (b. 1973), telling the autobiography of Kvothe an adventurer, arcanist, and famous musician. The plot is divided into two different action threads: the present, where Kvothe tells the story of his life to Devan Lochees (known as Chronicler) in the main room of his inn, and Kvothe's past, the story in question, which comprises the majority of the books. The present-day interludes are in the third person from the perspective of multiple characters, while the story of Kvothe's life is told entirely in the first person from his own perspective. The series also contains many metafictional stories-within-stories from varying perspectives, most of which are recounted by Kvothe, having been heard from other characters in his past.

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The above pretty much sums up what you need to know about the series. When I was introduced to these books by my cousin, he told me "This is the next Lord of the Rings." Well, it's true he was exaggerating because we both knew there's hardly anything that can compare to Tolkien's work but his somewhat false and hugely manipulative statement aside... :P these books are very good. I've read bloggers reviews that state the main character as being one giant Marty Stu. Truthfully, I do agree with this to a certain point but at the same time it hasn't stopped me from enjoying the books. I mean, seriously...is there a main character that has never managed to get you angry? :teehee: Rothfuss is an excellent writer, in fact, he far exceeds Paolini imo.

So has anyone else read these? If you haven't, I thoroughly recommend you do.

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 Post subject: Re: The Kingkiller Chronicle
PostPosted: July 24th, 2012, 1:47 am 
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Oh my oh my oh my! My mum wastelling me for ages to read first book from the trilogy telling me how amazing it is ^^ I am going to read it very soon, because now I have motivation to read new books. I guess it will be my top fav because I usually love what my mother loves.

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 Post subject: Re: The Kingkiller Chronicle
PostPosted: July 25th, 2012, 4:04 pm 
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Yes, I read them! And the first part immediately made it to my book top 10 :) The second part was also very nice, although I read that in a hurry so I've planned to read it again during my holiday, when I have some more time, because it absolutely deserves to be read with attention :)

I agree with you that the main character is a bit over the top sometimes (eg best student, good musician, loved by the ladies, skilled fighter etc), but he also has something very human that makes me like him a lot.

The stories, besides the story of the main character, that are told throughout the book add a nice depth and almost mythological background to the story, which makes it very complete and indeed more in the direction of LOTR than in the direction of the Inheritance-cycle.

The book is also very well written, which makes it hard to put it aside once you've started reading.

To sum things up (wow this sounds like a bookreport now), I think you really should read this book if you haven't done so, if that wasn't clear already :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: The Kingkiller Chronicle
PostPosted: January 5th, 2013, 11:45 am 
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I absolutely loved these. Does anyone know when the third book is out?

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 Post subject: Re: The Kingkiller Chronicle
PostPosted: January 5th, 2013, 4:54 pm 
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Sadly, no. After some snooping I found that it will most certainly not be this year, but that's about all there is to find. However, given that there were four years between the releases of book one and book two, I'm afraid we're in for quite some wait :-(

EDIT: The current working title is "The Doors of Stone". Maybe you already knew, but it was new for me ;-)

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 Post subject: Re: The Kingkiller Chronicle
PostPosted: January 5th, 2013, 5:07 pm 
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I did not know that! Bah, I hope it won't be four years. By then I'll have to reread the first two books to remember the story. I probably should anyway though :P

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