Reviews

How Old Holly Came to Be by Patrick Rothfuss

saturnin's review

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

par3's review

3.0

3 Stars. This was good. This was bad. This was both and neither and all and other… A bit of an oddity but still decent… Takes place centuries before The Name of the Wind. Told from the perspective of a tree.
Read: 3/3/23

Link:
https://archive.org/stream/HowOldHollyCameToBe/How%20Old%20Holly%20Came%20to%20Be_djvu.txt

rainbow_bookish_owl's review

mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

loslibrosdeliss's review

3.0

Interesante

linaswan's review

2.0

what

annagc's review

3.0

This was weird but good weird (?). I'm not sure I understood it completely but it was beautifully written. Probably shouldn't have read it before reading The Kingkiller Chronicle series but I think it doesn't spoil anything. It was a good (extremely) short read.

blue_the_dreamer's review

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

a_hambl's review

1.0

I... uh... Yeah.

Perhaps I am missing something profound, or perhaps this is just bad. But it just felt a bit lazy if I'm honest.

The cover is nice, though.

sweets_reads's review

1.0

Didn't like the style and abstract idea of it

ethancf's review

4.0

I'm a total sucker for stories told in folkloric, ritualistic kinds of ways...this reads like a chant, a mantra, and while it is extremely repetitive, it feels monumental for the setting. Objectively it's the worst thing Rothfuss has written, but it's still good.