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# Original, immersive magic system 4.7⭐ from 87K+ readers Epic fantasy saga kickoff The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1)

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## Key Features

- • **A Story Told Like Poetry:** Enjoy beautifully crafted prose that reads as lyrical and immersive as a poem.
- • **Dive into a Legendary World:** Experience masterful world-building that transports you to a richly detailed fantasy realm.
- • **Magic Like You've Never Seen:** Discover an innovative magic system that redefines fantasy storytelling.
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## Overview

The Name of the Wind is the first volume in Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicle series, celebrated for its poetic language, original magic system, and vivid characters. With a 4.7-star rating from over 87,000 readers, it’s a critically acclaimed epic fantasy that sets the stage for an unforgettable saga.

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Review: Fantasy perfection - This is fantasy at its perfection. The story of Kvothe is amazing, the world building is very good, and the magic system is very original. The language is so beautiful it almost reads like poetry, and the characters are very vivid and relateable. I loved all of it.
Review: A reminder that sometimes a good story is its own reward - It's all but impossible to be a fan of modern fantasy writing and not know the name Patrick Rothfuss. Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind is a blockbuster of the genre - the kickoff to a trilogy named The Kingkiller Chronicle - and one of those books that's basically put Rothfuss in the same realm of respect and adoration as Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin. And though I've been wary to start another big fantasy series (especially one that's been left without the final volume for so long, with little signs of its arrival anytime soon), something made me finally pick up The Name of the Wind, only to find myself devouring it with excitement, glee, and passion. So what is it that makes The Name of the Wind so enjoyable? At least some of that has to be chalked up to the book's general conceit: the retelling of the life of the mythic figure Kvothe, as told by Kvothe himself, now posing as a humble innkeeper in the middle of nowhere. Giving us the equivalent of a bard as a hero is a fun move, and Rothfuss takes that idea and runs with it, immersing himself in folklore, myths, legends, and storytelling as a theme of the novel, be that the danger of legends or the tendency to self-aggrandize. More than that, though, it makes the story itself part of the book's appeal, making the telling of the saga every bit as important as the events themselves. And that's good, because in a weird way, after you finish The Name of the Wind, it feels like little so much as a clearing of a throat and the setting of a table, even though the book itself never feels like that at all. The Name of the Wind is all about setting up ideas for later - it introduces ominous figures like the Chandrian, but never tells you much about them; it slowly lets Kvothe find his place in the University, finally finding his niche by the end, and then ends things; it sets up conflicts with antagonists, and then hints about the outcomes to come in later books...in short, it's all definitely the first volume in a series, with all of the flaws that come with such an idea. But somehow, Rothfuss makes the book satisfying, even while only giving you this opening third of the story, and much of that is the way he revels in the telling of a good story as its own end, not just a means to convey a plot. Rothfuss's characters are compelling and engaging on the whole (although there's a "rich jerk" character who never feels like more than that archetype), existing not just as steps along Kvothe's journey but people who existed long before the book began and who will live long after Kvothe leaves them behind. Whether it's a group of teachers whose internal feuds are obvious even before they're explained, passing companions on road journeys, or a wandering boy in the woods, Rothfuss takes the time to savor all of their voices and arcs, making clear that for Kvothe - and Rothfuss himself - the journey is the destination, and not just a way of telling us how Kvothe ended up here in exile. In other words, the reason The Name of the Wind works because it does the thing that makes fantasy so appealing: it builds and populates a rich world, brings its people to life, and lets you just wander among its roads. Rothfuss doesn't give you the brutal cynicism of a Martin or an Abercrombie, but he doesn't shy away from the nature of people either, and that honesty serves the book well, making the moments of kindness and generosity all the more effective and ringing, and the moments of nastiness all the more pointed. Is it an incomplete tale? Yes, and frustratingly so, especially as I think about how little progress it sometimes we feel like we made in Kvothe's tale by the end of it all. But is it a great story? It really is - and maybe that's what's really important about it.

## Features

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,080,475 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #70 in Epic Fantasy (Books) #694 in Literature & Fiction (Books) #7,273 in Urban Fantasy (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 87,387 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantasy perfection
*by J***Y on December 10, 2025*

This is fantasy at its perfection. The story of Kvothe is amazing, the world building is very good, and the magic system is very original. The language is so beautiful it almost reads like poetry, and the characters are very vivid and relateable. I loved all of it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A reminder that sometimes a good story is its own reward
*by J***E on May 15, 2019*

It's all but impossible to be a fan of modern fantasy writing and not know the name Patrick Rothfuss. Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind is a blockbuster of the genre - the kickoff to a trilogy named The Kingkiller Chronicle - and one of those books that's basically put Rothfuss in the same realm of respect and adoration as Robert Jordan and George R.R. Martin. And though I've been wary to start another big fantasy series (especially one that's been left without the final volume for so long, with little signs of its arrival anytime soon), something made me finally pick up The Name of the Wind, only to find myself devouring it with excitement, glee, and passion. So what is it that makes The Name of the Wind so enjoyable? At least some of that has to be chalked up to the book's general conceit: the retelling of the life of the mythic figure Kvothe, as told by Kvothe himself, now posing as a humble innkeeper in the middle of nowhere. Giving us the equivalent of a bard as a hero is a fun move, and Rothfuss takes that idea and runs with it, immersing himself in folklore, myths, legends, and storytelling as a theme of the novel, be that the danger of legends or the tendency to self-aggrandize. More than that, though, it makes the story itself part of the book's appeal, making the telling of the saga every bit as important as the events themselves. And that's good, because in a weird way, after you finish The Name of the Wind, it feels like little so much as a clearing of a throat and the setting of a table, even though the book itself never feels like that at all. The Name of the Wind is all about setting up ideas for later - it introduces ominous figures like the Chandrian, but never tells you much about them; it slowly lets Kvothe find his place in the University, finally finding his niche by the end, and then ends things; it sets up conflicts with antagonists, and then hints about the outcomes to come in later books...in short, it's all definitely the first volume in a series, with all of the flaws that come with such an idea. But somehow, Rothfuss makes the book satisfying, even while only giving you this opening third of the story, and much of that is the way he revels in the telling of a good story as its own end, not just a means to convey a plot. Rothfuss's characters are compelling and engaging on the whole (although there's a "rich jerk" character who never feels like more than that archetype), existing not just as steps along Kvothe's journey but people who existed long before the book began and who will live long after Kvothe leaves them behind. Whether it's a group of teachers whose internal feuds are obvious even before they're explained, passing companions on road journeys, or a wandering boy in the woods, Rothfuss takes the time to savor all of their voices and arcs, making clear that for Kvothe - and Rothfuss himself - the journey is the destination, and not just a way of telling us how Kvothe ended up here in exile. In other words, the reason The Name of the Wind works because it does the thing that makes fantasy so appealing: it builds and populates a rich world, brings its people to life, and lets you just wander among its roads. Rothfuss doesn't give you the brutal cynicism of a Martin or an Abercrombie, but he doesn't shy away from the nature of people either, and that honesty serves the book well, making the moments of kindness and generosity all the more effective and ringing, and the moments of nastiness all the more pointed. Is it an incomplete tale? Yes, and frustratingly so, especially as I think about how little progress it sometimes we feel like we made in Kvothe's tale by the end of it all. But is it a great story? It really is - and maybe that's what's really important about it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An entertaining book, and a very hard one to rate
*by J***S on April 7, 2008*

I had a really hard time rating this book... I both thoroughly enjoyed it and had reservations about it at the same time. It started off a bit differently than I thought it would, and at first, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it at all. Kvothe (or Kote, or Reshi, depending on the perspective) wasn't a very interesting character at first. The Name of the Wind starts in its present timeline with Kvothe as a bartender, running from his past and trying to make sure no one knows who he is. He's a legend, for reasons mostly unknown, even at the end of this book. The book starts with the small town in which Kvothe resides having an encounter with spider creatures that may actually be demons. The locals discuss the portents of this and Kvothe tells them how to deal with it without telling how he is knowledgable of these things. Soon Devan Lochees, or Chronicler (not The Chronicler, just Chronicler, oddly enoough) arrives, having wind of Kvothe residing there and deperately wanting to chronicle his story, as his name implies. The dialogue between the locals and even between Kvothe and Chronicler was pretty typical and not very interesting and I was close to putting this book down. However... as Kvothe actually begins his story the book becomes insantly addicting. Somehow it seemed like a completely different book. The dialogue had whit and was clever and even funny in parts. His traveling theater troupe of a family and his first teacher Abenthy made interesting characters and Kvothe himself as a child did as well. The magic system that is explained by his teacher is also clever and partially explained by science, so when it comes up later, it doesn't seem to be a Deus ex Machina. The book moves from one setting to another, following Kvothe all the while as he lives through various events and tragedies. Mostly tragedies. He lives a pretty harsh life reminiscent of Fitz if you're familiar with Robin Hobb's work, though perhaps not QUITE as tragic. He meets various friends and mentors, and enemies as well. After theiving and hiding and trying to survive, he makes his way to the University to study the Arcane arts and the book finds its focal point. I think this is where people are coming up with the Harry Potter comparisons, but other than the fact that he attends a school that teaches magic in some form, there's really not much else to compare to Rowling's series. This may sound a little boring but it isn't. Kvothe's life actually is very interesting and he develops to be a well thought out character, even if none of the secondary characters really do. And there is an underlying plotline behind all this that I can't really go into for fear of ruining it, but it involves powerful beings that resemble demons, and may even be so. That might sound familiar if you've read a bit of fantasy but it's handled well and provides a creepy underlying tone to the whole book. One of my biggest issues with the book is that Kvothe seems too perfect, as if there's nothing he can't do. Everything he tries to do, he excells at: music, theiving, arcane arts, outdoor survivalism and various other random things. He practically does everything in the story but have a child. He still made some bad judgement calls and does a few stupid things, but this pales compared to his vast knowlege and the fact that he exceeds above average in every class he takes at the university. He says he doesn't know anything about women, yet every woman he comes across seems to be infatuated with him. But... as the story ended I realized that his borderline perfection might've been what Rothfuss was going for, after all, Kvothe is a legend. If you tell a story about a fictional legendary character, I suppose it has to come out something like this. Rothfuss' style is well read, though there are a few clumsy mistakes like repeating the same idea or the same phrase more than once in a paragraph. This doesn't happen much but it seems like something an editor should have caught. And of course there is the fact that this is only the first of a trilogy. I ususally don't mind this, but Kvothe's story doesn't really come to any kind of head or give a satisfying conclusion. The present day portion gives a bit of a surprise and revalation, but his past chronicle is basically just put on pause and really leaves one wanting more. I suppose I can't complain much about this part, as orignally the author was just going to write one book, rather than three. Still, this is a good read, despite my complaints. I have to admit after reading both of Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard books, my fantasy reading nose was held a bit high along with my expectations, but I can't compare The Name of the Wind with fantasy along those lines. There really isn't a whole lot that is new here, but most of it is very well done. Kvothe's change of character between past and present is pretty reasonably explained, so by the end I was satisfied with some of what bothered me in the beginning. So I recommend this to anyone who likes a good story (or a good story about a good story, depending how you look at it.) It's not for those with a short attention span, as the action is few and far between, but as a good writer can prove, action can be provided with more than just blades. If you're looking to check out what's new in fantasy, Rothfuss may prove worth your while.

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 1
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- Slow Regard of Silent Things : a Kingkiller Chronicle Novella

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