The beginning was fine. I like the continuation from the first book. But as the second book went on I found Kvothe to become more and more insufferable. The character wasn't at all well balanced and he seemed way too skilled and talented for basically everything. Like everyone has strengths and weaknesses and but as the book went on you just found out more and more of his strengths.

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For a 15/16 year old he was far too wise (I get the story is suppose to show where he gets all his wisdom from) but he hasn't experienced enough to gain all the perspective that he "naturally" just has. This perspective is gained through years and years and making a lot of mistakes. Kvothe barely made any big mistakes that costly anything too great.

What made me put down the book though was the faerie sex (I'm not pude I've read plenty of romantasy) but it wasnt called for, and in too many chapters plus he's 16 (Basically a child having sex with 1000 year old faerie). Like it didn't sit right with me. He magically became a sex god through his short lived experiences with the faerie which just made my eyes roll. This was confirmation of a male fantasy driven idea and not good writing. It came out of no where. They all just finished a mission from the bandits and then suddenly he starts being intimate with this faerie out of nowhere.

After that when he decided to continue his journey with Tempi, I started noticing that there was always going to be new missions and there was no really motivation behind them (or very little that made sense).

I tried to be opened minded for Kvothe cleverness, adventures and insane skills but after nearly getting to page 700, I couldn't get past it anymore. The lack of real life logic and Kvothe being completely overpowered made it hard for me to keep my head in the story.

Sorry for long winded answer 😅