The Wise Man's Fear
My friends warned me that while The Wise Man's Fear was a good follow-up, it wasn't as good as The Name of the Wind . I'd heard that there were pacing issues, that it was too drawn out and took too long to end. I must disagree. I liked the sequel even more than the first book. There was more adventure, more heroics, more epic mistakes. I had no issues with pacing, thinking it was perfect pretty much throughout. I liked spending time in Faerie and Ademre. I liked the way the book slowly wound down for the last hundred pages. I liked the way Rothfuss gathered up all the loose threads while still leaving plenty to wonder about for the final installment. I cannot wait to see how this story wraps up. I'm going to split this up geographically in an effort to organize my thoughts. There was just so much in this book that I want to talk about and gush over. That means that this got a bit long, but that's to be expected given how long the book was. The Univ...