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bmtri t1_je4p8sx wrote

I bring this up every time this series is mentioned, but my biggest problem with this "trilogy" is that it isn't written like a continuous story, it's written like he wanted to turn it into a TV series. It's sooooooo episodic (or "side quests" as you say) instead of an epic narrative. Reading about Rothfuss shopping it around constantly makes me think that he purposely wrote it to turn it into television, and since he isn't getting a deal, he's not going to bother finishing it. It's an interesting story, but it grates on me a bit.

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notyournormalchatbot OP t1_je6j9j7 wrote

I like it that way. But I wouldn’t call it necessarily episodic… I feel as if the author had a lot of creative ideas that might have no flowed correctly if he just made super long chapters. This way he was able to give us his true story in it fullest without leaving out parts, like chapters that lasted only 4 pages.

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Wizardof1000Kings t1_je7sru1 wrote

Its a style of writing that's not everyone's cup of tea. The short chapters are meant to keep the narrative flowing and be a book that you can keep picking up. I believe Rothfuss said he starts his novels with a detailed outline, so it seems his writing process is expanding his outline into scenes, combining those scenes into chapters, and then connecting them to the overall narrative.

Personally I love the way its structured.

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