Melanie's Reviews > The Narrow Road Between Desires

1.) The Name of the Wind ★★★★★
2.) The Wise Man's Fear ★★★★★
2.4) The Lightning Tree ★★★★★
2.5) The Slow Regard of Silent Things ★★★★★
3.) Doors of Stone n/a

i read the 60 page version of the lightning tree in the rogues anthology, edited by george r.r. martin, back in 2017! and i gave it five stars and a gush review! bast is one of my favorite (and most intriguing) characters in the kingkiller chronicle and i love every scene with him! yet, this 250 page version just did not hit for me the way it did six years ago. i still enjoyed it, i still am so obsessed with this world and inn, and i still think pat rothfuss is one of the most talented writers with some of the most beautiful prose in all of fantasy. but i think i just really am ready for a true new story - even though i do feel empathy for pat in regards to the way the book community demands book three. (but i do also feel incredibly salty about the kickstarter too - both these feelings can exist simultaneously!!) overall, i am happy to have read this, and i loved the illustrations, but sadly it just felt mid to me.

trigger and content warnings: blood, self harm to get blood for magic, off page child abuse, off page domestic abuse, off page alcoholism (all of these things are mentioned a lot and are major themes of this story.)

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