Join us as we continue our review of the fantasy novel "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss, published in 2007. We continue our discussion on characters, talking about how female characters are incorporated into the story, masculinity, and best friends. We also start talking about plot, introduce the category of Setting & World Building, and much more! 

Pre-Review: Prefacing the book and summarizing the story.

Part 1: Discussing character

Part 2: Character, Plot, and World Building

Editor’s note:

Minute 9:15-9:30 – To clarify on my comment: I do not appreciate that women don’t have a lot of options in this setting, however I appreciate that Rothfuss addressed the reality of the options for women in this type of society.

Guest: Sara Falk

Host: Nora Kalkman

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Characters:

Kvothe/Kote (the main character), Denna (Kvothe's love interest), Chandrian (evil group of people, killers of Kvothe’s family, Kvothe’s obsession), Chronicler (writing Kvothe's auto-biography and author of “The Mating Habits of a Common Draccus”), Bast (Kvothe's student), Auri (Kvothe's friend), Fela (Kvothe’s University friend), Devi (money lender), Wilem and Simmon (Kvothe’s best friends), Deoch (co-owner of and “bouncer” at the Eolian), Skarpi (storyteller).

Places:

Imre (the artistic city next to the University), Trebon (the town where the tragic wedding happened), the Eolian (esteemed music/bar place), Tarbean (city where Kvothe lived before going to the University). 

Other:

The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard [a.k.a.: what I call "The Tale of Sir Savien" in this episode] (song), The Mating Habits of a Common Draccus (book), the Edema Ruh (Kvothe’s people group, often Troupers), Siaru (language), scrael (spider monsters).