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Audiobook Notes at the End

I really enjoyed The Name of the Wind. I thought it was a unique approach to deconstruct the hero and make him seem more like everyone else. Most of the epic tales that surround Kvothe are nothing more than misunderstood stories - he takes an herbal remedy to prevent bleeding before a flogging and the rumor spreads that Kvothe does not bleed. He might be quick witted, but he's not as god-like as many make him out to be.

I was disappointed at how incomplete it seemed. I love series and I understand that this is going to be a trilogy, but most series books have a definable arc within each book and I didn't think The Name of the Wind had that. We are introduced to several major plot points and none of them were tied up. Kvothe does get into and out of several situations - but aside from the frame story that puts this section of his life in the first day of telling his life story, there's no definable beginning and end to the arc in this book.

I'm definitely intrigued enough to pick up the next book though.

Audiobook
The audiobook was narrated by Nick Podehl, a new narrator for me. It took me a while to get into him, but he definitely gets a thumbs up for character differentiation. He did a fantastic job giving the characters from other countries within the Four Corners a distinct voice and personality. Definitely a narrator I would visit again.