The Writing is top notch I really liked how he seamlessly transitioned between present day Kvothe and the Kvothe in the Past and his magic system is pretty interesting but I didn't like the magic system in overall it didn't urged me to look forward to what would happen with these magic.
I didn't like the characters the protagonist or the female lead, but I kinda liked Bast. Kvothe it's a love hate relationship I only liked the Kvothe who was well struggling in the streets version Kvothe and here and there for the Present day Kvothe.

The Female lead character Denna I totally dispise her I don't like her in the least and the other characters I don't care the least what happens except for Bast(I think that's his name I didn't check the spelling)

For the Academy or School or whatever the is the thing that they are showing in the story it didn't pique my interest not a lot of ambience in the Academy I could say.

All I'm trying to convey is that in short this novel is not my cup of tea.