The Wise Man's Fear

I enjoyed this a lot, but do understand a lot of the frustration that other reviewers have mentioned. It's long though, especially in the Fae realm and even more so in Adem (I don't know how things are spelled because Audible). The worst is that Kvothe seems to be able to do anything better than anyone else. Even when he gets beaten up by two soldiers, it's a ruse. “I almost forgot who I was there for a minute,” he says. Ha!

I can easily overlook the flaws though because, as a yarn, it's just flat out ripping good. It doesn't require my undivided attention like Thomas Covenant in places, so it's an ideal winter dog walking audiobook, and Rupert Degas is perhaps the best narrator I've ever heard, besides Simon Callow of course.

And now I play the waiting game that GRRM has taught me how to play. I learned that game young when David Eddings was so long with the last book of the Mallereon, but GRRM is the master. I just hope that the next one comes out soon enough that I don't have to read them all again.