I have been putting off writing this entry, because I haven't had the time or coherence to figure out exactly what I wanted to say. However, a few highlights:
He uses the narrative within a narrative structure with amazing skill--it makes sense within the novel and he neither over- nor under-uses it.
The main character is amazing and brilliant and haunted...I am obsessed.
He discusses the strengths and weaknesses of storytelling (related to the narrative-in-narrative structure, but worth mentioning as it's own point) without letting the telling get in the way of the story.
His use of language--I swear he had the exactly perfect amount of description and dialogue and detail... You hear the character's voices very distinctly...
The tone was just, dreamy. (I'm trying not to say amazing, brilliant, or perfect...)
Lastly, partly due to the structure and partly due to the quality of his character and language... there were pithy, wise statements, but they did not feel stuck in by the author, but natural parts of the story.
Needless to say, I'm vaguely in love. So. Go to the library, or the book store.
The Name of the Wind. Patrick Rothfuss.
Go Now!
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