The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Ratings384
Average rating3.7
This is an interesting piece of writing. In some bizarre way, it reminds me of a meticulously curated pen and pencil library I made when I was a child. Each writing utensil had a serial number, and there was a ledger in which I kept detailed records about each item in the library.
The story was good, the illustrations were beautifully drawn and the typesetting around them was lovely.
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Have you ever just fallen in love? Like actually just gone straight head first into a book and never want to leave the book ever again? Cause I just did
Auri: Siete días en su vida.
Esta novela narra siete días de la vida de Auri antes de una visita de Kvothe, explorando su perspectiva sobre la Subrealidad y el mundo.
Es una historia hermosa y bien escrita (como suele hacer Rothfuss), que revela nuevos detalles sobre Auri. Sin embargo, no es esencial para la "Crónica del Asesino de Reyes" y se siente un poco extensa: tres días habrían sido suficientes.
This story is some sort of a writing experiment. A failed one if you ask me. We learn nothing about Auri, except that she suffers from such a severe case of OCD that it would make Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson's unforgettable character in As good as it gets) pale in comparison. Not even Rothfuss' usual superb prose is up to expectations. Avoidable book.
A story of an autistic child moving things around and putting great value to it. Incredibly boring.
Not a fun read. There really isn't anything at all that happens. It's mostly about Auri finding inanimate objects and assigning emotions to them, which is just a bit cringey to read honestly. I tried to finish it because I love the series so much but I just don't have enough time left in life to waste on reading this.
A lovely little story about the most charming and kind character in the series.
Very good story about Auri. I loved her in the first two books. I love her even more now. She is a very special and dear friend.
I ultimately read this because I am sick of waiting for book 3.
It is a very different story that I really enjoyed. Nothing particularly happens, there is no dialogue and only one character (arguable after reading).
The care rothfuss takes to describe the details is either utterly boring or full to bursting with acknowledgment for ignored details, I guess it depends on your perspective, but I fell in the latter camp.
Yes, it was different than what I'd expected.
I knew before diving in that it's be different. It wasn't what I'd expected. I wished it would've cast light on any of the possible mysteries in the main story. But it didn't. If it did I missed it.
The odd thing is that I don't dislike the story. I liked reading about her world. She is a unique spirit. She's a “namer of things” which I liked, and her odd way was engaging. I ended up forgetting about kvothe and wondering more about what was going on under the university long before it came to be a university. My questions don't get answered. And, still it was okay.
I find myself really respecting this author‘s creative choice. He shares his reason in the author notes. That alone was an interesting read.
To me, this is a beautiful story that is cut off from Kvothe's world. At least that's what it seems like.
I don't think we'll get another king killer story, I really wish we would though. This was a wonderful world that was nearly completely created.
In all fairness, Pat lays out in both the introduction and the afterword that this book isn't for everyone and is unlike his others. I think the best way to put it for me is that this book's ratio of “pretty:plot” is too far for me. I like pretty books (both “All the Light We Cannot See” and “The Night Circus” are certainly pretty books), but I need a little more of a plotline. If that's not you, you'll probably really like this.
Do not read this first.
If you already love the world where Name of the Wind is set, read this.
Rothfuss lets us into Aria's underthing, into her very true self. It's a short and sweet side story.
I love Auri, but I just couldn't finish this book after finding out nothing really happens except her wandering around in the world she lives in. It was good for the first 50 pages and then it got old since the rest of it is the same.
This story follows Auri around the Underthing as she prepares for Kvothe's visit. Very little actually happens, but it was still a delightful read nonetheless. Short, strange, and sweet–much like Auri herself.
3.5 stars Nice to get back into this world again. I will probably reread this at some point as I feel I might not have been in the right mood to read it.
“La música del silencio” la escribió inicialmente para formar parte de la antología Rogues (editada por George R. R. Martin y Gardner Dozois) pero, al parecer, se le fue un poco la mano con la historia y decidió abandonarla por ser demasiado larga (y rara). Por cierto, para quedar bien con el gordito Martin, escribió The Lightning Tree, la cual fue incluida finalmente en la antología. Después de la antología decidió terminar la historia que ahora tenemos.
Ahora ya sé que Auri sabe hacer unos jabones muy bonitos, que se lava la cara, las manos y los pies, que estudió Alquimia con Mandrag y que es muy, muy probable que sepa de Nominación. Puede que esa sea la razón por la cual Elodin muestra interés hacia ella, ¿no? Muchas especulaciones, mucha incertidumbre.
Ha sido un libro extraño sin lugar a dudas. Me terminó gustando por razones que todavía estoy tratando de comprender. Auri no está cerca de ser uno de mis personajes favoritos pero, eso sí, es una de los personajes más enigmáticos. Tal vez la razón sea que también estoy un poco dañado, como Auri, como Patrick. No es para todos.
Quirky, fun and non conformist.
I thoroughly enjoyed this quirky novella. It certainly doesn't conform to the usual story structure... Its strange and quirky, more of a wndow into Auri's backstory...or should that be ftont story? But that suits it. I fell (even more) in love with Auri and her story. If you like fantasy and you like quirky, then I think you will fall in love with it too.
This is about a character we all know. That broken, strange, one who thrives alone on the edge of the norma world in fantasy. The one that often is there to give a quest and nothing more. This is a story of a perfect, broken, strange girl named Auri and it of course is a perfect broken strange story. Spending a week with her isn't for everyone, but I loved this book.
Different. I enjoyed it very much. I recommend getting both the book (for the illustrations) and the audio version (read by the author).
Simple and beautiful.
After Second Read
Rothfuss has a wonderful author's note about how this isn't really for everyone, and he's right, I don't think everyone will love it, but I did. As he said this is a little piece of literature about a broken and damaged person for broken and damaged people.
Thank you Patrick, the world is a better place for having this story in it.