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alguienmescucha's review
5.0
Amazing. Just amazing. I love the way the author describes, and I love the story. Yes, it's true, not much happens, but that, for me, is even better than having endless action scenes with no meaning at all. Rothfuss is a genius, and this novel is just another proof of his creativity and ability to write in a beautifull way.
This novel does a really good job showing another perspective of the world created in The Name of the Wind, and I find Auri to be a really interesting character.
5 stars. Can't wait for the third book in the King Killer Chronicles series.
This novel does a really good job showing another perspective of the world created in The Name of the Wind, and I find Auri to be a really interesting character.
5 stars. Can't wait for the third book in the King Killer Chronicles series.
christineponkey's review
3.0
Honestly a bit odd to read but Auri's relationship with the objects and places around her was oddly comforting and a delight to read.
sennabk's review against another edition
4.0
(4.5) Patrick is really able to unleash his true poetic writing on the world with his character of Auri. The way she sees the world is so beautiful, different and really makes you have to try to see the world as she does which is difficult sometimes.
I love your writing Patrick, please release the 3rd book, and its ok, make a 4th and a 5th too.
I love your writing Patrick, please release the 3rd book, and its ok, make a 4th and a 5th too.
joanna1905's review against another edition
4.0
What a peculiar delight. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I began this novella, but it was wonderful.
Now to compare this to The Name of the Wind or The Wise Mans Fear would do a disservice to all three books; because of course this isn’t a book about Kvothe, this is a book about Auri.
I adore Auri in the main series and getting this kind of personal insight into her life was really cool. My heart broke for this lonely broken girl who still manages to find so much happiness in the smallest of things. Her attachment to objects is so unique yet so pure, she cares about their happiness, apologises to them and makes sure they are in their perfect place.
Her adoration of Kvothe is so sweet, and I hope and pray that she gets some semblance of a happy ending in the last book. My heart would break if she was left in the Underthing alone when Kvothe eventually leaves the university.
I was intrigued by her comment about Kvothe not being the selas sort, and I wonder if this is foreshadowing something relating to Denna.
I hope in the final book we get a fuller fleshed out explanation of who Auri was and how she ended up in the Underthing.
This was a wonderful read, I certainly look forward to reading Rothfuss’s other short stories from the Kingkiller would and I eagerly await the final book with the hopes of a happy conclusion to both Kvothe and Auri’s story.
Now to compare this to The Name of the Wind or The Wise Mans Fear would do a disservice to all three books; because of course this isn’t a book about Kvothe, this is a book about Auri.
I adore Auri in the main series and getting this kind of personal insight into her life was really cool. My heart broke for this lonely broken girl who still manages to find so much happiness in the smallest of things. Her attachment to objects is so unique yet so pure, she cares about their happiness, apologises to them and makes sure they are in their perfect place.
Her adoration of Kvothe is so sweet, and I hope and pray that she gets some semblance of a happy ending in the last book. My heart would break if she was left in the Underthing alone when Kvothe eventually leaves the university.
I was intrigued by her comment about Kvothe not being the selas sort, and I wonder if this is foreshadowing something relating to Denna.
I hope in the final book we get a fuller fleshed out explanation of who Auri was and how she ended up in the Underthing.
This was a wonderful read, I certainly look forward to reading Rothfuss’s other short stories from the Kingkiller would and I eagerly await the final book with the hopes of a happy conclusion to both Kvothe and Auri’s story.
jenny_hedberg's review
3.0
I think a reread is going to bump this novel up from an "I liked it" to an "I really liked it". As a person who generally prefers plot-driven novels, it's quite logical that The Slow Regard of Silent Things didn't really hit home. However, the novel places itself somewhere in the middle ground between plot and character driven. The focus of the story is certainly Auri and the reader gets to know her intimately through the narrator's perspective, but there is also a sense of a more complex plot. The idea that someone can truly know an object's nature and "communicate" with it ties in neatly with Kvothe's studies in The Wise Man's Fear and is also a thrilling concept. Auri represents a way of living that is very different from my own and most of the world I would believe. She seems to have some kind of duty to the objects and the place that she lives in that is founded in a belief that nothing should be taken from its rightful place; the novel, to me, is filled with the idea of being in harmony with nature.
But what brings the novel down to a three then? Well, basically because this wasn't "my type of story". That the novel still gets three stars is a good sign.
But what brings the novel down to a three then? Well, basically because this wasn't "my type of story". That the novel still gets three stars is a good sign.
lbarsk's review against another edition
4.0
WOW I LOVE AURI! The only reason this is four instead of five stars is because there are some lines in here that felt a little overwritten to me. But what a lovely look into Auri’s world, the power she possesses, and a future role she could play in the series.
carriercat's review
5.0
Reading this book in the loft of a bunkroom, I was able to really feel a bit of what Auri felt: the serenity of being present and of everything being right.
This story was really compelling to me because of the emphasis on the sacredness of the everyday. It wasn’t a story in the way I expected, but then again, every time I read Pat Rothfuss I expect there to be some poetry in the words.
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would!
This story was really compelling to me because of the emphasis on the sacredness of the everyday. It wasn’t a story in the way I expected, but then again, every time I read Pat Rothfuss I expect there to be some poetry in the words.
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would!
jammons's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
courtney_dawn's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0