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Originally Posted by pwalker8
One of the nice things about that series is that neither book ended in a cliff hanger. One can read (or listen to) Name of the Wind as a stand alone book and enjoy it.
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Haha, that's arguable given the framing story, but I did carry on through A Wise Man's Fear and found the books more enjoyable on the re-read. I had forgotten so much of the second book that I found myself questioning whether I ever actually read/listened to it, but here and there something would ring a bell. The only bittersweet element was having the world-building and main quest line (the Chandrian & Amir) remain mostly a mystery, with the final book in limbo for, arguably, 20 years since Rothfuss claims to have first drafted the full story.
On a random recommendation in another forum, I picked up a series that never made my TBR before now: Robin Hobb's first Farseer book, Assassin's Apprentice. I'm more than halfway through, and it's holding my interest mainly on the strength of the characters, and maybe the abundance of puppies is helping
I wouldn't call the characters well rounded exactly, but they are satisfyingly fleshed-out tropes. There's a kind of washed-out bleakness to the world and the magic system that reminds me of The Wheel of Time, which I found one of the redeeming factors of those books. Overall I'm finding it satisfactory and cozy, aided by Paul Boehmer's British Grandpa narration.