Book Review: The Wise Man's Fear

by: Patrick Rothfuss

The Wise Man's Fear is the second of an expected trilogy by Rothfuss called The Kingkiller Chronicle. You may recall I reviewed the first book, Name of the Wind, back in September. This one picks up right where that left off and is even more fantastical. Featuring fairies, mercenaries, kings, traitors and more, our hero Kvothe certainly has his hands full. It is almost inevitable how his name -- and reputation -- grow to perilous heights in the process.

The book ends with seemingly everything going Kvothe's way and nothing but an assumed perilous fall ahead of him. Heading into book three (tentatively titled The Doors of Stone) expectations almost match those Lost fans had for its final season. There are so many questions and plot lines that need to be tied up that it's difficult to believe everything will be resolved. Of course, books can have many, many pages (The Wise Man's Fear was nearly 1000) while ABC forced Lost's hand. Anyway, I am excited to see how everything comes together, or falls apart, for that matter. It's a hell of a story.