The Wise Man’s Fear is the second book in The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss. [Here my review of the first one: The Name of The Wind.]
Plot:
It’s the second day that Kvothe tells his story to the Chronicler and Bast, Kvothe’s apprentice. Young Kvothe is still fighting to remain at the university. He starts to have a bit of a routine, between trying to get enough money to pay his tuition and studying attentively (especially Naming) and making music. But sooner rather than later, this more or less peaceful routine gets interrupted by Kvothe’s own hot-headedness and it suits him to leave town for a bit. And so Kvothe travels to Severen where he tries to continue his research about the Amyr and the Chandrian.
Much like the first book, The Wise Man’s Fear is a gripping read that just flies by. Unlike the first book, it did not make me curse the gender politics. I’d call that an all around win.