I liked this sequel to book 1 ... 3* is "liked it" ... I just don't have a whole lot more to say about it. Even coming in knowing the series was unfinished, it's a bit frustrating to just be left hanging. 

Most of the story felt like an extended fantasy soap-opera. Again, we that the "present day" where Kote is telling his story to The Chronicler. These "Interludes" are 3rd person/past tense. I enjoyed the little banter (a little reminiscent of coming out of "The Princess Bride" story and the conversations between the grandfather and grandson) ... up until the end, when there was a less than pleasant interaction. Honestly, I didn't understand the ending, but I guess it doesn't really matter, as there isn't any more story ...

This got bogged down for me a bit, when Kvothe was in with the Fae for so long (being introduced to sexual delights, only the start for him ...) and then his time/training with the Lethani, learning Ademic and hand talk. 

Again, I went primarily with the audiobook (had purchased it during an Audible sale). The narration is good and, as I look through the Kindle copy (borrowed from the library) I don't even know that I recognize half of the names! I'm not sure what pronunciations my brain would have come up with. I would NOT have pronounced Fela "fella" ( ... this beautiful girl called mr/guy ... fella ). I'm definitely struggling to remember the names ... but I guess that doesn't matter, as I won't be reading the sequel, as the author never got around to writing it. 

The irony of the dedication ... "To my patient fans, for reading the blog and telling me what they really want is an excellent book, even if it takes a little longer." But I don't think ANY of the fans are THIS patient, eight years at this point. 

“If whatever you’re going to do is wrong, you might as well do whatever you want.”

ONE single f-bomb. Other words I note ... panoply, palimpsest, dias, swath, snuck.  So much talk of the "lute case" ... rhymes with "suitcase" ;)  Several songs ... all "patterspeak" which ironically makes them "poetry" not music, and we KNOW what young Kvothe thinks of that! “Poetry is a song without music,” I said loftily. “A song without music is like a body without a soul.”  So ironic that the audiobook presents it that way :(