Jet's review
Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, Book 1) by Robin Hobb
I thoroughly enjoyed this series - the political maneuvering, the complex plotlines, the multi-dimensional characters. In a way, this was a protracted happy-ending for the first trilogy. It is difficult to express what I love about this series without giving the plot away. Suffice to say, I found the Fool's gift to Fitz from the Girl on the Dragon a philosophical and profound answer to some of the unanswered questions in the first. I am not too certain who did the growing up, I, the reader or Fitz of Hobb's writing: but this series was a lot more melancholic and introspective than the last.
I fall short of giving a complete 4 for the series, because I thought the last book was a tad mangled. Too much was happening, all at once. It was also in this book that I found the characters have stopped developing, too comfortable as it is in their own moulds. Still, all in all, a worthy read.
I fall short of giving a complete 4 for the series, because I thought the last book was a tad mangled. Too much was happening, all at once. It was also in this book that I found the characters have stopped developing, too comfortable as it is in their own moulds. Still, all in all, a worthy read.
