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I'm not going to wait for Kingkiller Book 3. It's not worth it anymore to support Patrick Rothfuss. He's a disappointment and honestly, it's not surprising that he's taken this long to just get out one chapter.
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I’m disappointed in Patrick Rothfuss. I’ve stayed away from The Kingkiller Chronicle series because I wanted to start the series when Book 3 was announced. That all changed when I saw this video by Captured in Words. Go support Captured in Words. They do an amazing job not just with Kingkiller Chronicle explanations but in basically everything they create.
So what's the issue? During a charity stream, Pat promised that if his charity hit its goals there would be a chapter of Book 3 released voiced by some voice actors.
This is really cool. A good incentive for his readers and the money is going to a good cause. Sadly he hasn’t fulfilled much when it comes to this chapter. It’s been a long time since that promise and he hasn’t spoken much about it. I did find one mention on Reddit from a fan asking about it and Pat responding.
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On the thread, it says this was posted 9 months ago. He just continues to stream and complain when anyone asks about his progress with book three. I hate being a disappointment when there is a deadline. I don’t think anyone wants to feel that way. I don’t think anyone wants to disappoint their fans.
At this point, I don’t care about the story. I’ve watched videos talking about the series. I’ve had friends and family mention how amazing it is. I don’t care. We live in an age where anyone can share their progress and art. We have fantastic authors who are transparent about how their work is going. If they have a delay they go online and tell people about it. It makes us even more excited because we know the author doesn’t want to disappoint their fans.
I understand that he has a lot of mental health struggles. Taking care of yourself is important. I’ve put off publishing my own books because they weren’t ready and I mentally am not ready. But I doubt that everyone would hound Pat so much if he just gave us some transparency about the situation.
I promise that if he said something like “Hey guys I can’t get the voice actors to do the chapter, but I’m just going to release it for the public to enjoy.” If he said something like that I know no one would care or even be upset. The people who donated money to charity just want what was promised. Of course, donating to charity is great! But he still promised something and used it as a way to get people to donate more money.
Pat doesn’t owe us Doors of Stone. He doesn’t owe us anything else. But he promised this and people already paid for it. He owes us the chapter. It’s like if you preorder a book from a different author and then never hear about it again and you don’t get your money back.
I don’t believe there ever was a chapter. I don’t believe that Book 3 will ever be released and I’m tired of people giving Pat so much leeway with this situation. He has done a bad thing and isn’t doing anything to make up for it. It’s disappointing. A full-time author should be able to get out a chapter in a pretty short amount of time if they are working on the story. The point is I doubt he has written much. He’s gotten the prologue out, but based on past prologues there isn’t much you have to add to make it different.
Many of us have mental health struggles. Many of us struggle to keep up with our everyday demands. Work, school, family, death, and many other issues hold us back. There’s no telling what is truly holding Pat back. I can’t imagine having the fame he does and having all of those expectations on me, but if he just made a comment, put out a blog, or just said that the chapter wasn’t finished when he made the promise but it’ll be coming this year that would at least help his case.
There’s a reason readers love certain authors for getting out so much work every year. If your job it to write and tell a story then you are extremely lucky to be able to do that for a living. Take advantage of that opportunity.
He has used Book 3 as an incentive for the charity for years now. But it seems like not much has come from that. I think that his community and his image are hurt by this. There’s no guarantee, but people will eventually just stop caring.
He can take as long as he wants to write or never write the final book in The Kingkiller Chronicle, but I won’t be here for it.
Goodbye Patrick Rothfuss, We Won't Miss You
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