The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.5 • Book 2
by Patrick Rothfuss, Nate Taylor
Narrated by Patrick Rothfuss
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Rothfuss narrating his own fever dream about a broken girl who names rooms and talks to soap is either the most precious thing you'll hear all year or completely maddening — possibly both.
- Great if you want: an intimate, strange portrait of a beloved side character
- Listening experience: meditative and slow — more prose poem than plot
- Narration: Rothfuss narrating his own work adds an earnest, protective tenderness to Auri
- Skip if: you need story momentum or haven't read the main series
About This Audiobook
Auri lives in the Underthing beneath the University, a labyrinth of forgotten rooms and passageways that she has organized according to a logic entirely her own. Patrick Rothfuss's novella-length companion to the Kingkiller Chronicle follows Auri through seven days of her solitary life as she prepares for a visit from Kvothe, finding meaning and purpose in actions that would appear eccentric or irrational from the outside. Rothfuss himself narrates, framing the work with an author's note that honestly warns readers what they are getting into.
Rothfuss reading his own prose is an intimate experience, and his voice carries the particular affection for Auri that the text demands. His delivery honors the story's quietness, resisting the urge to impose conventional narrative momentum on a work that deliberately operates without it. At just under four hours, The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a small, strange, genuinely beautiful audiobook that will resonate most deeply with readers already invested in the larger story.