The Book Rookie – The Kingkiller Chronicle

Welcome back to The Book Rookie, everyone!

Last year, we kicked off a series aimed at getting me, the eponymous Book Rookie, up to speed with some of the biggest fantasy and science fiction books available. We started off the series with Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy. Here are the first three installments of The Book Rookie:

• Mistborn
• The Well of Ascension
• The Hero of Ages

Now we’re back with a new addition to The Book Rookie series: Patrick Rothfuss’ divisive Kingkiller Chronicle. I say “divisive” because a mere mention of the series can set some SFF die-hards on a rampage about reader expectations and whatnot. But I’ve yet to find a person whose vitriol is aimed at the books themselves.

Does the fantastic prose and storytelling of The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear make the wait for Doors of Stone worthwhile? Give the latest episode of The Book Rookie a listen for our thoughts!