All I have to say about Stuart Woods' Dead Eyes (published 1994) is that his writing back then was way better than it is now. ( )

I loved this book. it is the first of his I've read, and I was apprehensive about starting with a side book in a series but it was lovely. Auri is raw. her life isn't written here to impress you or draw you in. I do get that this story isn't for everyone, but he makes that clear in the beginning and the end. if you consider yourself broken, read this book. but don't over analyze it, or have expectations of what you think it should deliver to you. I know when reading series people tend to build their own opinions on how people are when it isn't written out, I definitely do it. but it's explained well by Pat that it is a story he wrote for him, and it is about her. you can't really analyze that, or demand her life be something it isn't. I think broken people that can read a story for what it is without expectations can relate to the character and love her story. ( )

I mistakenly bought this book without looking at the description. I assumed it was the 3rd book in the Kvothe sequel because it has been 3 years since the last book was released. So it is my fault that I wasn't paying attention (except normally authors price novellas a bit cheaper to make it obvious that it is such) Unfortunately this was not the sequel and was instead a novella about a minor character from his other books, and a very bad and boring one at that. The author even says as much at both the beginning of the book and the end. I have no clue how it is rated almost 4 stars. ( )

You might not like this novella. It breaks all the standard rules of writing (having no plot to speak of), and it is more than a little strange. That being said, I liked it. A lot. Rothfuss' command of language, at times stirring and at times playful, makes this novella a masterpiece. In less than an hour of reading, I formed a closer connection to Auri, this strange, wise, beautiful, broken girl than I have to main characters in thousand page novels. Auri's brief story didn't make me laugh or cry; it made me feel. It sent echoes into places I didn't know existed in my heart. If you have those same lonely places in your heart, it will do the same for you. If not, you probably won't like it. ( )

[For whatever reason, this book was delivered to me already on October 16th.]

My first impression was similar to watching a gifted gamer on Youtube, observing the author guiding an avatar through the maze of a (computer) game, its rules known to him alone.

After several pages, the initial confusion gave way to fascination, fascination with the character, with the environment, with the language. Only one character interacting just with "things" - and still, I was spellbound.

This book has touched me - in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place.

"I don't know what other people will think. They probably won't like it. But I really enjoyed it." (taken from author's endnote)

Indeed.

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