The Wise Man's Fear

Reading this was ... insane. 1000 pages, a follow up to one of the most exciting books I ever read, and it was .... deflating. Patrick Rothfuss is an incredible storyteller, he can make any scene sing. However it's pretty clear at this point he has no plan for where he's headed with this trilogy. This installment did not move the larger plot along at all. The second half was quite ... overweight, it needed editing badly, I had to push through. No wonder the third book is a ghost so far, I bet he has no clue how to wrap this up. It's incredible that I could read 1000 pages and like it a lot, even given the larger construction flaws. It's just nice to read his stories within the bigger story. But the next book has a huge weight to carry now.