A Tinker's Debts Are Always Paid

I picked up The Name of the Wind on the recommendation of Radar – when I first opened the book, I was gravely concerned – my experience has previously shown that the more glowing reviews a book got, the more likely it is that the book would not have sold without those reviews, and this book had no less than three full pages of raves. However, I went against my own judgement and have thus far been glad. If you decide to pick it up, do me this favor – stick with the story long enough to see Chronicler deal with highway robbery. If you still don’t like it by that point, at least I won’t be able to say you didn’t give it a fair shake.