That was the story of a young boy whose family was killed and had to survive on the streets before trying to get into The University if he had any chance of getting revenge on his parents' killers. This second book picks up during Kvothe's university years. It is told by Kvoth himself as he looks back over his life while hiding by posing as an innkeeper.
The story is a huge, wide ranging fantasy novel, with stories of adventre, love and heroics mixed together. It is gripping and readable, you don't need to concentrate a lot which made it perfect escapism for days in quarantine. For the most part I like the characterisation of the male characters, the women tend to seem a bit idealised or reductive, all (all) the good ones are described as beautiful. It has some great ideas of social structures and languages which we learn when Kvothe goes travelling. These are really thoroughly thought through and are fascinating, one of which is a culture which uses hand gestures instead of facial expressions. In all thoroughly enjoyable.
