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Dec 31, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

As I finish this third installment of the Farseer Trilogy, I find myself feeling a little melancholy. I've spent the last week or so immersed in the life and adventures of FitzChivalry Farseer. What an exciting journey! It was wonderful to be so engrossed in a series of books. Robin Hobb did an excellent job of writing a world that was incredibly interesting and quite easy to invest my emotion in as I saw it through the eyes of Fitz. She wrapped up the ending (but not really the ending is it?) More...

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Jun 18, 2008

Erik rated it:

After the spine-tingling cliff-hanger at the close of the book two, I was fully expecting a cathartic close in this the third and final book in the Farseer trilogy. However, I found myself getting bored with the tiresome -- and seemingly endless -- quest that took far too much of the last half of this 700-some-page finale. Perhaps it was the monotony of the long-haul slough that our hero and his allies endured for 200-plus pages , or even the deus ex machina by way of dragons. (How convenient an More...

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Jul 22, 2009

Jamie rated it:

For all my complaints about this trilogy, it speaks volumes that I read all three fat paperbacks in less than two weeks. The narrative is riveting, even in this last book which has long sections where people are mostly walking. Not all of the characterizations were successful, but I don't often feel as much of a connection with a protagonist as I did to Fitz.

I'm slightly dissatisfied with the overall scope of the story, but I really enjoyed the details the author includes, details th More...

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Sep 24, 2010

Cameron rated it:

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Sep 08, 2008

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Jan 22, 2008

Robert rated it:

Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest (Bantam, 1997)

Homicide: Life on the Street was for many years the best show on televison, hands down. Brilliant acting, brilliant direction, compelling plots that spanned episodes (one of which went the whole series, from the very first to the very last episode) without ever degenerating into the world of soap opera. It was almost inevitable, really, that Homicide would jump the shark, and it did so by cutting a major plotline short; after Pembleton (Andre More...

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Jan 19, 2010

Sammalpeura rated it:

Hengästyttävän ja sydäntä pakahduttavan hienoa kerrontaa. Kokonaisuudet, joita käsitellään ovat valtavia ja seassa on paljon pieniä kohtaloita, pelkoja, tunteita, ihmismielen pettämättömiä loogisuuksia ja epäloogisuuksia. En tiedä osaanko sanoa tätä ymmärrettävästi, mutta tässä kirjassa on kokonainen maailma ja elämä ja silti vain niin pieni osa siitä, että kirjan loputtua rintaa kaihertaa kun tarina päättyi.

Ymmärrän hyvin, miksi Näkijän tarua sanotaan klassiseksi kerronnaksi. Siinä More...

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Jul 08, 2008

Christian rated it:

I read this trilogy on the recommendation of my brother, who was thoroughly enjoying the novels.

The first in the series was okay--not great, but good enough to keep me reading. I started becoming doubtful when I read the second, but when I got to this one, I was downright angry with some of the decisions "the good guys" made, and one decision in particular that I found downright reprehensible, which the character (and thus the author) essentially justified as "for the More...

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Apr 17, 2008

Leippya rated it:

This book is like a drug. Any time you close it to get on with your life it will keep coming back to your mind and distract you with a craving to know how Fitz can escape, or how he can survive, or how he's going to get out of that one or solve this problem or just what he can do next after all he's been through, and the big questions that have been hanging since Book 1 and 2 push the reader to just. Keep. Reading. More.

Some might find the very beginning a bit slow, but to me the rea More...

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Oct 14, 2008

Allison rated it:

Sucker though I am for angst-ridden fantasy books filled with trials and suffering, I couldn't really get into this series. Part of the reason was the first person narrative, but ultimately it came down to the fact that I didn't connect with narrator. That said, it was an exciting story, and I really felt for some of the minor characters (Kettricken specifically) and I kept coming back to it despite having very little time for pleasure reading. Overall it was a great escape from my drudgery- More...

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May 11, 2011

Coligne rated it:

Dei tre che compongono la Trilogia dei Lungavista, questo è quello che mi è piaciuto di meno.
Sarà per il finale troppo tirato, e semplice per i miei gusti; sarà per il ruolo, fin troppo poco chiaro, ricoperto dalla magia (in ambedue le sue forme), sarà per una prolissità che in certi punti invogliava a saltare pagine intere; ma non sono riuscito a farmi piacere questo libro come gli altri due, il che è un vero peccato, dato che il potenziale per concludere col botto la saga ce l'aveva tutto.< More...

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Jan 05, 2011

Brian rated it:

1/16/2004 - 10/10

book 3: great end to the series. a pretty sad, bittersweet ending. not quite as much a page turner, lagged some in the middle, as the others but great nonetheless. i liked the non-traditional ending

The Farseer trilogy is one of the best fantasy series I've read...right up there with George R.R. Martin. The characters were excellent...very detailed and extremely well drawn. The characters are very human - you can see them evolve and can come to care about them very easily. More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Katrina rated it:

The only reason why i'm not giving this TOTALLY AWESOME book 5 stars is because i think it drags a lot in the middle and also because it took me nearly a month to finish reading this book. usually it only takes me a few days to finish a book that i'm really into but this didn't really hold on to my interest so i was pretty much reading like 5 other books in between every few chapters of this book.

that being said, i can honestly say, reflecting back, that its a really really good book! More...

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Jan 05, 2012

Jacqie rated it:

This book was a great finish to the first Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. I think I'll give myself a break before I dive into the Tawny Man trilogy (didn't like the Liveship books).

Fitz is alive, against all odds and reason, and must decide on his own for the first time what he wants to do. Revenge is his first priority, but then he is Skill-compelled to seek out Verity, the true king of the Six Duchies.

This book is spent almost entirely in travel. Fitz visits the Inner Duc More...

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May 16, 2011

Sunny rated it:

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Apr 06, 2011

Emma rated it:

I very rarely give only one star; it feels melodramatic, especially since I gave Royal Assassin five. But after the quality of the first two books in this trilogy, I was shocked and appalled by this one--and, what's worse, I was bored.

In this book, Fitz leaves Buckkeep and all of the other characters we've come to know and love over the first two books. He spends most of the 760-page book hiking across the continent, much of it alone, much of the rest with random throwaway character More...

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Mar 09, 2011

Ben rated it:

*This review is for the entire series. There are no spoilers*

The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb is the story of Fitz, a bastard of the royal line and tool of royal family. He struggles to carve out a life of is own while serving as a playing piece in the games of courtly intrigue at Buckkeep, all the while struggling to come to terms with his affinity for the Wit - an empathy with animals viewed as an abomination. Meanwhile, the lands of the Six Duchies are threatened by unnatural raide More...

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Mar 01, 2011

Liam rated it:

This book starts off pretty good, and picks up as it goes along, just as the previous 2 books did. This time Robin Hobb didn't use the annoying "Fitz pondering the past" method of reminding the reader of previous events, she integrated the reminders more subtly.

This book becomes fascinating near the end, I couldn't stop reading. I was set for an amazingly epic ending to a trilogy I had come to love. Ultimately, I was disappointed. The ending so surprised me with the completel More...

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Sep 06, 2010

Benjamin rated it:

I read an average of 100 or so books every year, many of them in the fantasy genre. I picked up the first book in this trilogy, Assassin's Apprentice, because of very favorable discussion in various fantasy chat rooms. I was very glad I did. Don't tell my boss but I even skipped work to finish this one!

I connected somehow with Fitz, from the very beginning. Perhaps that is due to the first person narrative that Ms. Hobb uses to such good effect, but perhaps more so, it was her story- More...

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Aug 28, 2009

Alan rated it:

The end of even the longest road will come if you have enough endurance. Assassin's Quest, the conclusion to Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy, is in some ways a test of that endurance. It is not quite the longest in the series by page count, but FitzChivalry spends so much of this book weary and wandering that it feels longer than the others. His decisions have turned out to be flawed and his life has been taken from him; neither his land nor his love remain his. The odious Prince Regal calls himsel More...

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Jul 08, 2009

Erin rated it:

The series was great in terms of the way the world was drawn, and all the nice ideas in it - they all fitted together to make a really interesting and engaging world - but the story was really unsatisfying. There seemed to be so many parts with the potential to make you feel really satisfied and declare them the best books ever. But the potential is waved at you, paraded at you, then snatched away leaving a dissatisfaction even deeper than it would have been had the potential for awesomeness not More...

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Jun 08, 2009

Jeremy rated it:

Book 3 of the Farseer's trilogy. Often I am disappointed with the final book in a series, mostly because the final book in the series tends to wander from the main point of the story. This book, unlike the others, begins with the main character trying to remember how to be human again. He then set's out alone on a goal to kill his uncle, who had tried to kill him. Lots of things get wrapped up in this book, such as Forgings, the Old Blood, the power of the Old Blood, and who the Elderlings r More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Matumio rated it:

The first two books of the Farseer Trilogy did really suck me in. While reading Royal Assassin, I lost all healthy distance to the story. My mind was running directly with Nighteyes.

I give five stars to the first chapters of this book.

But somewhere in the middle it started to accelerate downhill for me. Faster and faster, until all the magic carried along so gently crashed in a big flash of kaleidoscopic light. <spoiler>It became obvious when they hit the road. Some More...

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Jun 22, 2011

Věrka rated it:

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Feb 08, 2011

jD rated it:

This final installment of the Farseer Trilogy was no less as exciting and well conceived as the previous books. Fitz's story wraps with the conclusion of his quest to find his true King, Verity and get revenge for the harm done to him by his uncle, King Regal. Of course nothing is ever simple for Fitz but now he is finally driven with purpose. Fitz truly lives up to being the 'Catalyst'. Many times he is the tipping point for events that effect not only the lives of those he loves but also t More...

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Nov 28, 2010

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Feb 22, 2011

Scott rated it:

I was pretty disappointed with the ending. After 3 very long books in this trilogy the ended was wrapped up in like 20 pages...not my style. I also disagree with how Hobb punishes her protagonist. I am she wants to be realistic, but she goes WAY too far the other way. If all that had happened to a regular person that Fitz endured, I doubt they would still be as loyal or as willing to sacrifice themselves. I was also very disappointed that we never really saw Fitz get good at the Skill or the Wit More...

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Apr 18, 2010

Mike rated it:

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Apr 01, 2009

Tim rated it:

"Assassin's Quest" absolutely is up to the high standard of this trilogy's first two books, although for a time I didn't think that would be the case. The book does indeed get mired down in the middle third, as Fitz's quest takes on a little too much detail, like a chatty woman who's just taken a trip and wants to be sure to tell you about every 10-mile stretch. The series takes its time in general, but "Assassin's Quest" marked the first time I inwardly grumbled at Hobb to g More...

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Sep 28, 2009

Ethan rated it:

This trilogy was wonderful. There is a complexity of emotion and resonance that springs from the great well of characters and tone in this story--first in a subtle way but it continues to grow and run deeper and deeper beneath the surface as the trilogy goes on. At some point that subtle evocative resonance is no longer a spring but an ocean beneath these pages. Lovers of Fantasy will place this trilogy next to Tolkien and George R.R. Martin on the top shelf. Most non-Fantasy fans would love the More...

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