I mean, realistically he can't finish the story in one book, meaning that he can't both bring everything up to the "present day" of when Kvothe is telling the story, and also tell the "future" beyond that point as well. So with the third book he should just take everything up to the present, and then do another 1 - 3 books on the future.Scuzz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:49 pmI loved Name of the Wind, but I really disliked Wise Man's Fear.El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:49 pm The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
Finished this last week. I had gotten semi-bored with it and put it down half-way, then picked it up again pretty recently and wound up getting re-engrossed in it. It's very well written and pretty interesting, but also kind of winds up being a series of short stories centered around Kvothe (the main character). I guess my main issues with the series thus far is that while in some ways it's refreshing that it's not all anchored around some world-threatening quest, at the same time it'd be nice if the story had a little more of a focus around some type of main quest. Like there is an overarching quest in the background, but it's *very* far in the background and Kvothe hasn't really made much in the way of progress towards addressing that. The other thing is that the core storytelling mechanic of having Kvothe recount his adventures but from kind of a sad / depressing point in his life is, you know, kind of sad and depressing about where all this is ongoing.
Anyway, I have very much enjoyed the series overall. Now I guess I get to enjoy the "when will the next book come out?" folks...
Rothfuss is a mess and it really is a question as to when and if this series will be finished. He does a lot of youtube stuff talking about it if you are interested. He still claims it will be finished in one more book, but after the second book I really doubt that. I think he has GRRMs problems. Loves telling stories but can't finish a plot.
He also I guess has had some depression/mental health problems.
Easy peasy.
But whatever, honestly I don't really care one way or the other if he finishes the series. If he doesn't it'll free up reading time for other books.