It's the sensitive mask covering up the same old shit underneath that bugs me. There are many talented misogynists who I read (Phillip Roth, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Robert Heinlein). Honestly, I think if he was more upfront w/ the mansplaining and misogyny, it would be easier to take. It is just that afterwards, when I think about it, I'm disappointed. Really, he does.Īpart from all this, there is a huge seed of talent inside Rothfuss' work. His prose tends toward mansplaining, his character is always right (his only flaw is an inexplicable excess of humility), and the female lead would be ever so much happier if she'd just realize that thinking for herself makes her suffer. (This is I road I've also traveled myself.) Anyway, Rothfuss reminds me of John Mayer: a dude who writes sensitive sounding songs, but treats real women like trash, probably because he just doesn't know any better. If you loved The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss then, like many, you are probably eagerly awaiting Doors of Stone.Apart from some recent updates, we know little about when this conclusion to The Kingkiller Chronicle will be available. That is to say, he markets himself as a sensitive feminist man, but in reality he's an ass like the rest of us. The release date of Doors of Stone was formerly reported to be July 11, 2022, although Patrick Rothfuss has not yet made a public announcement. However, no one who is paying any attention at all will miss the fact that Rothfuss writes female characters like a bit of a douchebag. As you all excitedly anticipate the publication date of Doors of Stone, all we can do at this time is wait for Patrick Rothfuss to complete editing the book. The post is a bit overblown and take some of Rothfuss' stuff out of context.

Well, the recent Jezebel post ' Bestselling Fantasy Author Writes Icky Sexist Blog Posts' gets at some of it. I'm coming close to dropping Rothfuss and his Kingkiller series from my list of series I'll automatically pick up soon after publication.

The Doors of Stone by Patrick Rothfuss