Our story begins within the walls of the Waystone Inn, where innkeeper Kote listens to five men as the eldest among them tell a tale of their own. Spoiler Warning: Minimal, with vague mention of the occasional rescue (though not how or why the rescue came about) or poor decision making by one of the characters. And with Lionsgate having made offers to complete not only a movie and TV adaptation of the extensive world, but a video game as well, my question is- what are you waiting for? A quick summary of our tale for those who have somehow still avoided picking up the book. So, where to begin? I suppose at the beginning. There is so much to say, I am sure I will miss much, but the writing of Patrick Rothfuss begs to be spoken of, begs to be read aloud from, begs to be carried with you and shared with others. I begin to write this review with only the first few pages of Wise Man’s Fear read, allowing me to look at the book as more of an island, instead of the edge of a continent. Where to begin with a tale such as this? A story that is so much more then the sum of it’s parts, a narrative woven into a grand tapestry of heroics and every day moments, a hero as human as each of us, but as mysterious as a god.
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