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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Yours would not be an opinion I trust very much on the subject, then. 
For me, Name of the Wind was all build and no resolution. No payoff whatsoever for any of the subplots introduced (never mind the massive cliffhanger right at the end  ). It's a classic example of a series I would not want to start if I'd known the extent of its open-endedness before I'd begun.
Resolution: it's not just a town in a Robert B. Parker western. 
EDIT: And for the record, classic cliffhangers are not my main beef with a book not having any closure/resolution. I've read many series books with satisfying conclusions despite massive cliff-hangers being tossed in as teasers right at the end. |
Different strokes for different folks. The unresolved story is a classic storytelling device, going back to the Illiad. Think of how many westerns use a similar device - stranger comes into town, aids the farmers/small time ranchers against the big guy, then rides off into the sunset. "But that's a story for another time" is one of the classic endings.