The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This middle book of The Kingkiller Chronicle is, for me, really more of a 3.5, but I'll round it up to four in the hope that such good karma will hasten the long-delayed release of the third and final novel. Though The Wise Man's Fear rather suffers from considerable overlength and a slightly scattered string of plotlines, Kvothe is no less fun to follow in his exploits. Hell, we get quite a few looks at some of the more outlandish stories of his, such as his encounters with Felurian. And while there's definitely a sense of this book ending on a very strange note, almost deliberately cliffhanging us readers, I'm really too invested to be too angry. That, plus with the announcement of the forthcoming TV series (with Lin-Manuel Miranda exec-producing!), Rothfuss should really be motivated to finish the trilogy lest he wind up with a similar reputation to George R.R. Martin in this regard.
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