I swear, my next audio book is something under 10 hours. No exceptions.
Which, of course, is not to say that this wasn't a wonderful book. Rothfuss, as a writer, adopts a written voice and narrative style that is meant to make you, as a reader, feel like you are being told a story. The writing is often expansive, excessive and elaborate and you will love him for it or hate him. I love it. I think the audio actually works in this book's favor, the story sounds even better when told (as Kvothe would know) and there's something just genuinely fun about Rothfuss's approach to the epic. There are no prophecies, no real heroes, no earth wide cataclysms and yet the story is obviously of that genre. And while I spent at least half of the book wanting to punch Kvothe in the face, I got the impression that I was not the only one and that the book rather endorsed that feeling.