The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicles #2.5) by Patrick Rothfuss

"A short-story set in The Kingkiller Chronicles, world, following Auri, the curiously broken but heart-wrenchingly gentle girl whom Kvothe befriends. Though the story was as vague and confusing as Auri, it was interesting to see the University from her eyes."

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Pros: We know now that Auri was once a student at the University, or at least knew Mandrag, Headmaster of Alchemy.

Cons: We were given the briefest, barest, whisper of glimpses into Auri's past and I so wanted to know more but at the same time, Auri's brokenness is part of her draw.

Full Review: ***Disclaimer***If you have not read The Name of the Wind or The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, please do so and then come back and read this at your leisure. That way you'll know what I'm talking about 🙌.***

Auri awakens and knows that he'll come and visit in 7 days.

She knows she doesn't have much time. There are Searching Days and Finding Days and Waiting Days, so many days and so many ways for the world to feel about them.

So she goes searching in the Underthing for the perfect three gifts. Three gifts is only proper.

We're given very rare and brief glimpses into a possible life for Auri, as a student of the University. It feels like something terrible happened to her and left her broken. She can feel that same brokenness in Kvothe and that's why she goes to such lengths to find him 3 precious gifts.

It's a short but painfully honest and emotional read. It's so easy to see Auri, mysterious, knowing, gentle and kind. We don't see Kvothe nor is he mentioned by name but his visits are the catalyst with which the story begins, so, he plays a minute part.

Though it doesn't follow Kvothe's story, I still found it an interesting side quest.

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