The Name of the Wind

The writing, relative to most fantasy, is very good. Rothfuss has an almost obsessive avoidance of trite or cliché characters and plotlines. I like that. Despite his dedication to the craft, the book never really gets going. The entire book feels like it's just a 600+ page introduction to the rest of the series. Even if it is a very good introduction, I kept waiting for the actual story to really kick in and it never truly does. This isn't helped by the fact that almost the entire book is comprised of a story told in a bar.