This was written for those who are still looking for their own “proper place”, have a soft spot for orphaned things, or just love a beautifully written novella. It’s not meant to be any of these things, and if that’s what you are looking for, I would look elsewhere. The same kind of narrative as The Name of the Wind or A Wise Man’s Fear. THE SLOW REGARD OF SILENT THINGS is a joyous offering of literary excellence and a heart-breaking delving of loss, loneliness and the mysteries that are Auri.Fantasy Book Review The Slow Regard of. It’s a close look at a character who will hopefully play a big roll in the Doors of Stone. Here is what I can do for you, I can tell you what the book is and isn’t, and let you determine if The Slow Regard of Silent Things belongs on your shelf.īeautiful. It was written for a reader like me, and it may be written for a reader like you. I loved it for all the things that it was and it wasn’t. Personally, I’m giving this book 5 stars. It’s a story about a broken person and it’s written to people who are also broken. This is a book that doesn’t have a proper place. Stuffed animals that were missing an eye, books with a tattered and beaten cover, forgotten toys and things that didn’t belong. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a fantasy novella and one of the companion tales in The Kingkiller Chronicle series written by American author Patrick Rothfuss.It includes illustrations by Nate Taylor and was first published by DAW Books in the United States on October 28, 2014. This isn’t a stand alone book, and it doesn’t fit into The Kingkiller Chronicles trilogy.
It’s hard to write a full review for a book like this.