With this second book of the series, The Kingkiller Chronicle starts to hit its stride. The characters are more interesting, the writing is better, the jokes are punchier, the adventures are more entertaining, and although occasionally the story wanders seemingly randomly from one plot line into another before finally returning to the main story, for the most part, it all holds together. Most importantly, the book and its characters are unpredictable, behaving more like real people, and therefore, make the whole thing more engaging and intriguing. I’m looking forward to the 3rd book.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”
“I’ve waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”
“You can divide infinity an infinite number of times, and the resulting pieces will still be infinitely large,” Uresh said in his odd Lenatti accent. “But if you divide a non-infinite number an infinite number of times the resulting pieces are non-infinitely small. Since they are non-infinitely small, but there are an infinite number of them, if you add them back together, their sum is infinite. This implies any number is, in fact, infinite.”
“Wow,” Elodin said after a long pause. He leveled a serious finger at the Lenatti man. “Uresh. Your next assignment is to have sex. If you do not know how to do this, see me after class.”
Rating: 4 stars
Yevgeniy Brikman
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