The Slow Regard of Silent Things: A Kingkiller Chronicle Novella

A hauntingly beautiful tale about the everyday of a mentally ill girl named Auri. The prose is gorgeous but there's no action so definitely not for everybody. It's just a story of the day to day activities of Auri spanning the length of the week. I don't think there's any dialogue so be warned. It is however a deep character study and a lyrical portrait of mental illness.

A sly and cunning book. It's not at all what it pretends to be. It thinks its crazy and quite mad. It knows its not at all the way a book should be, but really its beautiful beyond what any proper book could be. In its heart it knows this, but it can't let on. Lest those that don't know the true way of things see it as a shameful wicked thing. So it keeps its secret beauty locked inside. Where far to few will ever see.

This is most certainly not a normal book. It is strange and brave and wholly charming, but certainly not normal. This is what I have come to expect from Patrick Rothfuss, and anyone who fell in love with The Name of The Wind from page 1 as I did, you are sure not to be disappointed. This story is a brief and beautiful glimpse into the mind and mechanisms of the wonderful Auri and her uniquely fascinating view of the world around her. It is truly marvellous, provided you own the right chord for it to strike.