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The Name of the Wind
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The Name of the Wind
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Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
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Melja Gregory (2 KP) rated The Name of the Wind in Books

Jan 5, 2018 (Updated Jan 5, 2018)  
The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.2 (74 Ratings)
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Great writing and unexpected twists (0 more)
Never expect an end to a great series
Wonderful book but a warning, don't expect to finish the series. The author seems to literally postpone writing the last, or at least next, book in the series for anything, and I mean anything. Like playing video games, and he brags/laughs about it on his social media. So not sure I should recommend this book no matter how good the series is, because the author seems very unmotivated to finish the cliffhanger you are left with in the second book.
A great series that may start a bit slow, but picks up fairly quickly as we go throughout the main characters life. The first book leads into the second, and the second should lead to a third, but once again the problem is you are left in the second before what feels like the big climax that if the third ever happens should be an epic conclusion.
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Melja Gregory (2 KP) rated Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) in Books

Jan 5, 2018  
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
Jim Butcher | 2002 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.5 (14 Ratings)
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Weaving of multiple pantheons into a clear story (0 more)
The tide crests
This is my probably my favorite or at least top 2 in a fairly long series. This is where I feel like the authors voice becomes solid and some of the small writing issues in the first few books are put behind him. The ability to write in multiple pantheons and weave them around each other, without compromising each other, starts to truly show itself. Plus I love the fae as they are portrayed in Jim's version, and as the series goes on, all the characters only get more depth and interesting for their secrets.
  
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Melja Gregory (2 KP) rated Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) in Books

Jan 5, 2018  
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
Jim Butcher | 2001
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7.6 (19 Ratings)
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Good character building (1 more)
Good enhancement of world
A little repetitive on some parts (0 more)
Good building on a world of magic
A good second book in the series that would become my favorite. Jim is still trying a bit in this to find his voice, and the writing will develop more fully in the next couple of books, but still a solid addition to the series. Dresden is a very human and relatable hero, but with a wonderfully crafty mind and hilarious self-depreciating sense of humor.