The book seems overwritten, which is hardly surprising as Rothfuss spent the last 4 years fussing over each detail. Many sections of the book were several chapters too long and whilst these individual sections were interesting they became rather tedious as they dragged on and on – especially when you think about the very short timeframe they take up in the overall story.

I’m wondering how Rothfuss is going to make this into a trilogy as he will have to jam a decades worth of Kvothe’s life into the final book. If he goes at the # of pages per year rate (1,000 at the moment) he is at now the next book will be over 10,000 pages long, longer if Kvothe’s backstory story catches up with the present (the inn scenes) and carries on to a continuation of that storyline the book will take up an entire shelf on it’s own!

Rating: 3.5/5 from me, I loved the first one but I was expecting so much more from this, especially after such a long gap between the two books.

Overall a great book though.

So, all we have to do is waiting for part 3

However, I have to say that I’m a bit disappointed with the overall structure and pace of WMF, both on it’s own and in context of the series as a whole. It’s *just* like the first one, which is good, but can come across at times as just a series of cool but isolated events. There is a thread weaving it all together, and everything that happens goes towards Kvothe’s advancement in some way, but not a thing happened to the plot to kick it over to the next level. Pacing wise, it feels more like Act I – Part Two than Act II.

That said, my opinion of WMF could change drastically depending on what happens next. It very well could end up being that Rothfuss has put everything into place so elaborately that when it all comes together, it’ll click and I’ll wonder what my nagging tic was ever about…but for right now, that nagging tic is saying that something’s just off. Too much time spent on Maer, Adem (they were incredibly interesting, but it reeeally started dragging to me), and the mercenary hunt, while whole interesting sounding sections are glossed over. All that, and we only get glimpses at the bigger picture, enough to remind us that it’s there, but at the end of it we’re at about the same place we left off in the first book.

Argh, I dunno…such a good book, but it’s left me worried and anxious. Guess we’ll just have to see.

Everyone seems to think “can’t remember every single detail” is a negative. But I don’t feel that way. Do you (generic you) remember every single thing you did last week? I sure don’t. I’ve got a stack of notes for my review, just need to turn them into coherent sentences that say something other than “best. . . book. . . . ever. . . “

Just like you, I’ve laughed hard, got watery eyed, stood up and cheered Kvothe. I was envious at times too, that lucky motherf-

I’m content with the overload this book contained for us. It’s really something that this book is nearly a thousand pages long. That being said, I feel like I’m having trouble remembering every little detail, which is why I’m up for discussion.

I’m satisfied with the book in every way. The only question I’ve got is what happens next?

Every part of that was sincere.

I really enjoyed this second instalment and I agree with your review.
I didn’t mind the lulls because it gave me time to stretch out from the tense and awkward sitting position I found myself in for the rest.

I came away feeling a little frustrated – partly due to some irritating behaviour of the character and the rest for not being able to continue.

I look forward to the next instalment and am currently enjoying mentally digesting this work