Zenya Bangar Bangar itibaren Filistin
I really liked this story; I was drawn in fairly quickly (though not immediately) and once I was in this fantasy world, I didn't want to stop reading. The two things that decreased my rating from 5 to 4 were the flashback style of writing and the lack of flaws in main character, Kvothe. He is a little bit too good at everything. He finds a way around all the rules and even manages to not get hurt during punishments. I don't even blame his nemesis, Ambrose, for being annoyed with him. If the story were told from a different point of view, I could see myself agreeing with Ambrose. Kvothe is a little (or more than a little) snotty, but he's just so interesting that I want to keep following what he's doing. The majority of the story is told as a flashback, a style that I usually don't like because I don't want to know the fate of the characters before I know what happens to them. However, I'm willing to overlook that here since I'm just so interested and drawn into the story. I enjoyed hearing the rumors that other people had heard about Kvothe, and how they had turned into almost myths, and then comparing the stories to what Kvothe tells as the truth. The major conflict with the mysterious Chandrian, who apparently really don't like people to sing about or really know anything about them. They kill everyone who might know about them. That's about all that we find out about them. Since they killed Kvothe's family and friends, he's bound to trying to find them, and I'm sure more information about them will come in the next book. I don't think this story compares at all with Lord of the Rings. LotR is a really epic story and it's written for an adult audience and is much more difficult to get through. The Name of the Wind is written in a much more common language and almost seems like a YA story. This book is also not similar to Harry Potter. It doesn't seem as Disney (?) as Harry Potter. Granted HP gets darker as the story moves forward, I think this story will remain the at the same level throughout and none of it really appropriate for young, young adults as some of the earlier Harry Potter books are. Generally, I don't think this book should be compared to anything else, because it's just really different. It should just stand on it's own.