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<blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 5486253" data-attributes="member: 85870"><p>Okay, short update: </p><p></p><p>I'm now 800 pages in.....and I'm still generally satisfied with the overall arc of the story. </p><p></p><p>But....</p><p></p><p>Oh....Emmm....Geee.....</p><p></p><p>****SPOILERS MAY BE AHEAD****</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 85-page Felurian sub-plot was one of the worst, contrived, asinine things I've seen in a fantasy novel in a long time. </p><p></p><p>It was so bad, that on a small level, it's sort of tainted the whole "Rothfuss Experience" for me. If anyone wanted to disagree with positive reviews of Rothfuss' work overall, all they'd have to do is point to that section of <em>Wise Man's Fear</em> for proof. </p><p></p><p>In fact, I'm almost half-convinced myself that it simply didn't happen. Sort of like, if you pretend that Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III didn't happen, it makes Episodes IV, V, and VI more palatable.....but in the back of your mind, you still know that it they DID HAPPEN. </p><p></p><p>It was sort of a breaking point for me too with the whole "Kvothe is amazingly awesome at everything." In fact, his inexperience with women was the thing that made him <em>relatable</em> in a certain sense. Yeah, he was awesome at magic, yeah, he was a world-class musician, yeah he was incredibly smart. </p><p></p><p>But that element of social awkwardness, that hidden-teenage-boy complex of being awkward around girls was what kept him grounded. </p><p></p><p>And that's now gone. Now he's not only the awesome-est mage and musician ever, he's now (literally) the world's greatest lover. *GAG*</p><p></p><p>And talk about being a total <em>Deus Ex Machina</em> invention. No buildup, no foreshadowing, one minute we're walking in the forest with the mercenaries, the next minute Kvothe is naked 24/7 and banging the faerie queen night and day. And apparently the whole point was to have him talk to the arrogant oracle/tree figure? </p><p></p><p>Wow. Just....wow. So, so, so bad on so many levels. </p><p></p><p>Which really, really sucks because the first 700 pages are brilliant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="innerdude, post: 5486253, member: 85870"] Okay, short update: I'm now 800 pages in.....and I'm still generally satisfied with the overall arc of the story. But.... Oh....Emmm....Geee..... ****SPOILERS MAY BE AHEAD**** The 85-page Felurian sub-plot was one of the worst, contrived, asinine things I've seen in a fantasy novel in a long time. It was so bad, that on a small level, it's sort of tainted the whole "Rothfuss Experience" for me. If anyone wanted to disagree with positive reviews of Rothfuss' work overall, all they'd have to do is point to that section of [I]Wise Man's Fear[/I] for proof. In fact, I'm almost half-convinced myself that it simply didn't happen. Sort of like, if you pretend that Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III didn't happen, it makes Episodes IV, V, and VI more palatable.....but in the back of your mind, you still know that it they DID HAPPEN. It was sort of a breaking point for me too with the whole "Kvothe is amazingly awesome at everything." In fact, his inexperience with women was the thing that made him [I]relatable[/I] in a certain sense. Yeah, he was awesome at magic, yeah, he was a world-class musician, yeah he was incredibly smart. But that element of social awkwardness, that hidden-teenage-boy complex of being awkward around girls was what kept him grounded. And that's now gone. Now he's not only the awesome-est mage and musician ever, he's now (literally) the world's greatest lover. *GAG* And talk about being a total [I]Deus Ex Machina[/I] invention. No buildup, no foreshadowing, one minute we're walking in the forest with the mercenaries, the next minute Kvothe is naked 24/7 and banging the faerie queen night and day. And apparently the whole point was to have him talk to the arrogant oracle/tree figure? Wow. Just....wow. So, so, so bad on so many levels. Which really, really sucks because the first 700 pages are brilliant. [/QUOTE]
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