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Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place.

Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.

The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri's life, a small adventure all her own. At once joyous and haunting, this story offers a chance to see the world through Aurir's eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn things that only Auri knows....

In this book, Patrick Rothfuss brings us into the world of one of The Kingkiller Chronicle's most enigmatic characters. Full of secrets and mysteries, The Slow Regard of Silent Things is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world.

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Adventures in the Underthing…

This spin-off story from “The Kingkiller Chronicle” series follows one of trilogy’s most endearing characters, Auri. It breaks many conventions of storytelling as Rothfuss lyrically narrates Auri’s adventures in the Underthing.

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Data lansării28 oct. 2014
ISBN9780756410582
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  • 4/5
    This was a very interesting book. It's about a character who has obviously suffered some trauma in her life and how she has found a way to cope with the world around her. It would be so easy to say that she is crazy and why would you write a book about crazy, but there is more to it than that. She is indeed different, but she is also brilliant. There is something warm and comforting in visiting with her.
  • 4/5
    Thanks for letting me borrow this, Alissa! A short read, and now I feel like I need to reread Kingkiller Chronicles for better context, Slow Regard is a strange sweet peek into Auri's life in the Underthing. The illustrations remind me of Coraline somewhat (another short strange tale).
  • 4/5
    Totally different than what I have come to expect from Rothfuss. In this case, different is good. I have a much better understanding of Auri. As Rothfuss says in his closing remarks, Auri is broken and that is the beauty of the character since so many of us are and can identify with her.This is not a stand alone. You need to have read at least the first book in The Kingkiller Chronicle, The Name of the Wind, to understand what is going on. In addtion, there is not really a plot here. Just a glimpse in to the life of Auri. But the prose is soooo good and Ruthfuss does some of the best character development in the Fantasy genre.
  • 5/5
    The foreword of this book begins with "You may not want to buy this book". I suggest you read the foreword (either in a physical copy or in something like amazons samples) before deciding if you want to read this book. It may not be for everyone, and it most definitely will not make any sense to you if you have not read the previous two books, The Name of the Wind, and The Wise Man's Fear (which are both brilliant, and whyever would you not have read them yet? Read them right now and come back afterwards). I listened to the audiobook, narrated by the author, Patrick Rothfuss, himself. Sometimes you can tell that this is the first time he narrated an audiobook, but overall it went pretty well.

    This book is hard to review. Not because it is hard to do without giving spoilers (hell, I am not even sure if spoilers in the traditional sense are technically possible for this book). It's because it is something completely different from almost every other book I have ever read. It focusses on Auri, who is one of my favourite characters of the Name of the Wind series, if not the favourite. It gives the reader a view into the head of that wonderful, broken girl.

    I loved it. I did not love it like I loved Name of the Wind (which I loved for its lyrical language) or like The Way of Kings (which I loved for the Story and Worldbuilding), or like I loved A Memory of Light (which I loved (among other things) for how it managed to actually evoke the images of what was happening inside my head). No, I loved it for how it just perfectly fit the image I had of Auri. It was exactly as I expected, while being completely unlike anything I expected.

    Now, I know that this statement may not make much sense. How can something be as expected, while not being as expected? Well, it's easy: Auri behaved like I expected her to, but it was completely unexpected how Pat described it. I am sure that there is more to this book than the first read shows. I am also sure that I missed out on some things by listening to the book instead of reading it (there are some plays on words which are hard to get right in an audiobook). I will have to read the eBook to get the other half of the experience.

    Patrick Rothfuss managed to write a book completely different to the others, while staying true to them at the same time. He managed to write a book that completely defies all standards of what a story is supposed to be, while still writing something that I loved to listen to. And, most importantly of all, he managed to write in a style that completely fits one of the most mysterious, beautiful and broken characters I have ever read.

    As Pat says: "This book may not be for you". But it most definitely was for me.
  • 4/5
    A totally unusual novella about a charming young girl living all alone in the Underneath. She is eccentric, damaged but whole. It is beautiful and haunting and I loved the illustrations, too. The author warns not to read this one if you haven't read the first two in the Kingkiller series, but I did and it worked just fine as a stand alone. Definitely not plot driven, but I ate it up just the same. Now I want to go back and read the rest of the story.
  • 4/5
    I love Auri! This girl. I want to know all about her and I want to scoop her up and help her and love her. I was disappointed that we didn't learn more about her history and why she lives in the Underthing or why she is the way she is. So much to learn about her. I hope she shows up more.
  • 5/5
    The fact that there are so many reviews talking about how awful this book is and ragging on Rothfuss for not getting done quicker , just affirms for me that he is doing something right and that there is something special about him. When is genius truly recognized in its own time? When we people truly able to realize how great something is in its moment? And as far as time...Tolkien took 16 years to write Lord of the Rings, with multiple years between each book. People really need to calm down.

    As for this book, it is amazing and beautiful. If you don't like this book then you fall into the category of people who are not broken and misplaced and trying to sort their way through the world like Auri is. And I don't think that there are many people that are like that really. Rothfuss is seeing himself in Auri and would we want Rothfuss's mind to be completely accessible to everyone? This book takes after the likes of Joyce and Faulkner, falling into a grand tradition of authors who break outside of the mold and create beautiful things.
  • 4/5
    I liked the novella even though it is oddly written. Auri is a great character that I hoped would be developed more in the other books. I would have given it a 5 star review, but it was too short and didn't finish her story. There is more to be written on her still! It's like writing a quarter of the story and stopping.