Reading List Completists discussion

This thread will be for general discussion about our January to March 2019 Big Read Selection. There may be more specific discussion threads added later.

Starts today!

I picked up the sequel to this the other day so hopefully it is good!

Matthew wrote: "I picked up the sequel to this the other day so hopefully it is good!"
I hope you enjoy it! I read it about a year ago and really liked it! I have the sequel sitting on my shelf, I'm hoping to get to it later this month.

As a participant of this group I probably should no longer be slightly shocked when I pick the Next Big Read up from the library 😂😎

The blurb says; A Spiced Up Harry Potter for adults... Hmm okay not really what I was expecting... This will be an adventure!

I hope you enjoy this book. Seems like people are going in unsure what to expect. Here are some pointers:

* It moves really fast. I'd be surprised if anyone needed three months to get through it.

* The mc Kvothe (rhymes with "oath") is largely a vehicle for wish-fulfillment. The appeal is escapism, not creating a realistic character.

* Many readers note the plot similarities to HP. However, the author is steeped in genre history, so his influences go back farther than that. Personally, I detect a lot of Roger Zelazny in the quasi-scientific explanations for things, antihero archetype, and magic system. It's also probable that he read Assassin's Apprentice.

* The book is structured more like a group of novellas than a complete novel, so look for mini-arcs and not a larger plot structure. None of the main mysteries are even partly resolved by the end of this book, or even the sequel.

Phil wrote: "I hope you enjoy this book. Seems like people are going in unsure what to expect. Here are some pointers:

* It moves really fast. I'd be surprised if anyone needed three months to get through it.
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Thanks for the background info, Phil! :)

As this book is just a basic chapter structure, instead of having "Part 1", "Part 2", etc discussion threads, I am going to break it down like I have in one of my other groups - i.e. character discussion, story discussion, etc.

I expect to join you soon here!

Finished! Indeed a very fast moving story. Despite Phil's warning that the many still open questions won't be answered in the sequel, I will go and look for part 2 in my library. Cannot leave it a

*cannot leave it at this stage.

(Sorry typing on phone app)

Jessica wrote: "Finished! Indeed a very fast moving story. Despite Phil's warning that the many still open questions won't be answered in the sequel, I will go and look for part 2 in my library. Cannot leave it a"

Wow - did you read the whole thing this quickly! Impressive! :)

I’m dying. I finished and had to buy the second one. Amazing. Can’t leave the world behind.