Chapter One: Nasty Mushroom Spiders
I know nothing about Name of the Wind except that a lot of people love it. I haven't even read the back cover. I'm going in 100% blind, y'all! First, I tried listening to the audiobook during my commute. During the scene where the bar full of men discussed the weird black spider, it dawned on me that I needed to read the physical book. I couldn't keep the characters straight or remember their names and it was only chapter one. SO. INITIAL THOUGHTS FROM CHAPTER ONE 1) I like how the innkeeper went from mysterious guy without a name who is keeping secrets directly to “oh yeah he definitely knows what’s going on we’re not gonna try to trick the audience by keeping him a background character." Though Kote's and Bast's origins are still a mystery to me. Bad guys gone rogue? Good guys running away? Just scholars? It seems like Kote could be magically ageless based on his description. 2) Speaking of age, how old are these 4 friends in the bar? Jac
