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[deaka]

I think I may be going slightly insane after being stuck at home most of last week with a stomach bug and then having a long weekend. I've studied, I've written fic, I've watched old episodes of Frasier (Niles! Daphne!) and caught up on House, and I think I'm ready to do about anything else. Even if it is work, in a few hours. *sigh

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[naela]

The Name of the Wind is actually one of the books on my backlog, after Tyrants and Kings, since I've read a lot of gushing reviews about it. Glad to know that it won't be a bad read at least. Although I'm highly amused by the disparity between the names, Kvothe... and then Ben?

I'm pretty much with you on heroic fantasy, in fact ALL fantasy in general. Epic or non epic I need my fantasy books to be different from the usual tropes of the genre now.

[deaka]

Ha, yes -- 'Kvothe' is almost another Gary Stu alert, especially when great emphasis is placed on how to pronounce it. From memory the Ben is short for something equally bizarre (Abenathy?) so can't give any sensible naming points there. :p

I have a soft spot for the coming of age story, so I enjoyed it. Re-reading is proving it to be a little clunkier than I remember, though. It really shouldn't be so hard to find fantasy that's well characterised and not generic, should it?

[naela]

Heh, well with your post and seeing someone on the bus reading Name of the Wind earlier today, I decided to give the book a peek. I'm superstitious like that =P

And I love coming of age stories! I am such a sucker for those "boy hero becomes bigger than life" epics (points if there's some spirituality involved), but it's just so hard to find authors who are willing to veer off the track. I'm gonna stop myself before I get all ranty.

[duncatra]

It is completely overhyped, which is a large reason of why I was so underwhelmed with it... Don't know if I'll bother with the sequel. I didn't get a Farseer vibe at all - I found the worldbuilding there a lot more interesting. (Though that may be because the more I read of Fitz the less I can stand him.)

[deaka]

I managed to miss most of the hype until after I'd read it, which probably worked in its favour.

I liked the worldbuilding in the Liveship trilogy more than I did the Farseer trilogy, mostly because the Six Duchies royal court just never felt like it would work. But that could be Fitz's influence on the narrative. (I didn't mind Farseer Fitz, but Tom Badgerlock definitely got painful).

[duncatra]

I love the Liveship trilogy... I could deal with Fitz through his first trilogy, but the second was such a waste of paper. And I bought them in hardcover. :P

So, so glad she's going back to the Liveships (er, the Rain Wilds, I think) for her next trilogy.