I’m more than halfway through the book and like… what am I actually reading? Why is it accounted as high fantasy, considering that well over chapter 50 I’m still reading about a dude playing lute at a tavern? Why was it among the “must read if you like B. Sanderson, high fantasy and complex world building”? Where’s the actual world building here. I feel like I was scammed. It’s literally just the sad story of a guy who lost his parents to some evil creatures in an absolutely mainstream and plain conventional fantasy setting. I don’t get why was it even compared to Sanderson’s magic systems and world building. Please please someone tell me it’s still worth reading and that something will eventually HAPPEN that will shake this boring account of a sad university dude.
Best regards, Disappointed reader
I really enjoyed the first book The Name Of the Wind, thinking it was setting up to be a trilogy and get pay off for what I was reading. But the second book only makes more questions and open ended story lines, the main character becomes even more “perfect” and the author came down with a case of GRRM and left us with a slim chance for another book. If you’re not enjoying it so far, there’s no payoff for any of it later lol