Jet's review
Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Jet's review
rating:
bookshelves: fantasy
recommended for: George Martin's fans
status: Read in October, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: fantasy
recommended for: George Martin's fans
status: Read in October, 2007
The problem with fantasy books is that they seldom warrant re-reading, but this trilogy is a pleasant exception. I first read this series a good ten years ago, and it remains to this day the only series where I appreciated a first-person narrative. I picked it up again recently, just so I can go on to read the second trilogy, which I never got around to.
The focus then and now have changed. Then, I was intrigued by the idea of Wit, where a human being share a bond with an animal. Character development was also a key hook: the mysterious Fool, the wry Nighteyes and a nearly bumbling protagonist, Fitz, made the trilogy a captivating read. Upon rereading however, I am more caught by the political intrigue and the struggle of an oppressed minority, the Witted. The dynamics between the characters have gained more depth with this more mature understanding of the political environment that was the Farseer regime.
The trilogy however left a lot of loose ends, and it did not culminate i...more
The focus then and now have changed. Then, I was intrigued by the idea of Wit, where a human being share a bond with an animal. Character development was also a key hook: the mysterious Fool, the wry Nighteyes and a nearly bumbling protagonist, Fitz, made the trilogy a captivating read. Upon rereading however, I am more caught by the political intrigue and the struggle of an oppressed minority, the Witted. The dynamics between the characters have gained more depth with this more mature understanding of the political environment that was the Farseer regime.
The trilogy however left a lot of loose ends, and it did not culminate i...more
