“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

Name of the Wind is told in the perspective of Kvothe; a young man who began with nothing progressing to be the most powerful wizard the world has seen. The story follows Kvothe through the hardest times he has experienced, watching him achieve his dreams to being a legend at his university to a fugitive later in life.

I was really looking forward to reading this book, as many people I receive my book recommendations from absolutely loved it! Unfortunately, this book just wasn’t for me. It was a really slow start and I found myself wanting to put the book down through sheer boredom. Eventually, around 200 pages in the book did pick up when exploring university life however just when I thought the story was progressing I was knocked back with another slow burning plot. I just really didn’t get on with this book. I didn’t feel like I could relate to the world, the magic nor the characters. In fact, I found myself really disliking most of them. I’m so sad that I didn’t enjoy this and I definitely feel like I’m in the minority with this review. I won’t be picking up the next book I don’t think.