by Patrick Rothfuss · 2007 · 662 pages · Epic Fantasy · Kingkiller #1
Start Kingkiller here only if you can live with an unfinished trilogy: The Name of the Wind is 662 pages of 1/5 Sweet framed memoir, magic-school University arc, melancholy mood, unhurried pace. Kvothe/Denna never get a definitive romance payoff on this leaf.
Rothfuss writes sentences other fantasy writers underline. The trilogy may never finish — what is on this 662-page leaf is still the prose benchmark.
1/5 University longing · 662 pages, trilogy may never closeKindle before this tab coolsAudible trial often $0
Rothfuss writes sentences other fantasy writers underline. The trilogy may never finish — what is on this 662-page leaf is still the prose benchmark.
Feels like: Rothfuss writes sentences other fantasy writers underline. The trilogy may never finish — what is on this 662-page leaf is still the prose benchmark.
TL;DR: Spice 1/5 Sweet. Enormous longing, no explicit content. Kingkiller #1. Series unfinished on this profile.
Mood
Melancholy memoir
Spice
🌶️ 1/5 Sweet
Pacing
Literary, unhurried
Length
662 pages
Ending
Series unfinished
Lane
Epic Fantasy
Series
Kingkiller Chronicle
The Name of the Wind bibliographic record
Title
The Name of the Wind
Series / position
Kingkiller #1
Author
Patrick Rothfuss
Publisher
DAW Books
First published
2007-03-27
ISBN-13
9780756404741
ISBN-10 / ASIN
0756404746
Pages
662 (this edition)
Language
English
Genre
Epic Fantasy
Spice (SBC)
1/5 Sweet · fade-to-black
How The Name of the Wind actually reads
A man in an empty inn telling you the true story because the legends got it wrong. Between childhood and University years, the book becomes the reason people still wait for book 3.
Kingkiller #1. 662 pages. Literary, unhurried. Live series-nav points at Wise Man’s Fear. Ending stat: series unfinished.
Spice 1/5: no explicit content, a study in things that do not happen. Parental-death and child-homelessness CW.
Who should read The Name of the Wind tonight
Swipe right if…
Prose quality is a primary reason you read fantasy
University-as-magic-lab is iconic for you
You can read book 1 as a framed memoir even if book 3 never arrives
The Name of the Wind · 1/5 Sweet · Magic School + Coming of Age · Kingkiller #1 · 662 pages · Melancholy memoir · Epic Fantasy · CW: Parental death
The Name of the Wind questions
How spicy is The Name of the Wind?
1/5 Sweet. No explicit content. Longing without a romance landing.
Is the trilogy finished?
No. This profile marks the ending as series unfinished. Book 3 spice is not invented here.
Where do I start Kingkiller?
Here. 662 pages. Then The Wise Man’s Fear on that leaf.
Is there an audiobook?
Yes. Search Audible for The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. 662-page; Kingkiller #1; Kingkiller #1; 1/5 Sweet; Rothfuss writes sentences other fantasy writers underline. The trilogy may never finish — what is on this 662-page leaf is still the prose benchmark..
What CW is published?
Parental death, child homelessness, bullying, corporal punishment, class cruelty, brief animal harm, period misogyny, mild torture. 662-page; Kingkiller #1; Kingkiller #1; 1/5 Sweet; Rothfuss writes sentences other fantasy writers underline. The trilogy may never finish — what is on this 662-page leaf is still the prose benchmark..
Last chance to stop scrolling
If you wanted a standalone 1/5 found-family close, that is Cerulean Sea.
🌶️ 1/5 Sweet
Tap the cover. Start tonight. →