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Thanks, it's one of my favorite series and I can't wait for Peace Talks. It feels like that one is a long time coming. I'm looking at Aeronaut's Windlass or Furies of Calderon for this trip. Maybe this is part of my complaint too. The world is beautiful and intricately detailed, but not much happens besides Kvothe complaining. I like books that keep me awake while driving at two in the morning. While listening, I kept thinking, "OK, each book is supposed to be a day's worth of story telling and in three days we're supposed to get the story of how he became the King Killer. Each book is 40 hours long (much longer than a single day) and by the end of the second he is still a teen and they haven't even introduced a king. It feels like Rothfuss has written himself into a corner; he either has to extend his series beyond three books, or he has to rush through a bunch of events (change in style)." Yeah, from that point on I started questioning if it was worth continuing. I'm curious enough that I might pick up a library copy when the next book comes out, but similar personal issues make me wonder if I should.

I'm looking for an audio book for a long trip, so I did a search on books for Sanderson fans. Every list puts Name of the Wind as its number one suggestion, but I listened to it and Wise Man's Fear on previous trips and I wasn't impressed. This makes me wonder, am I in a small minority. The book is well written and I don't have a problem with Rothfuss' writing style. I just don't find Kvoth to be a very likable character. The whole series seems to just be him bragging about how awesome he was at everything while his life was so tough and unfair and then him describing stalking a girl who wasn't interested in him. There is some interesting potential in the hints Rothfuss has given that Kvoth is lying about his past, but I feel like the 80+ hour investment, so far, is too much for the payout of a reveal. This story disappoints me if I'm supposed to relate the the character as portrayed and it frustrates me if I'm supposed to put up with the false character until the real Kvoth is revealed.