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July 02
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New comment on Jeremy's review of
Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2)
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New comment on Simone's review of
Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)
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Britannia
read and liked
Leippya's
review of Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1):
"This is a series I've been afraid to start for a long time, as I've seen people with tastes similar to mine get completely lost in these books. This didn't happen to me...... at first. I have several issues with the beginning of the book. The first i...more
This is a series I've been afraid to start for a long time, as I've seen people with tastes similar to mine get completely lost in these books. This didn't happen to me...... at first. I have several issues with the beginning of the book. The first is probably that the hero is so young at the beginning, so he is stup... I mean, naive, like all kids his age, but because as a reader we're smart enough AND we know the title of the book, we can see everything coming from a mile away. It's boring. Also, because the style starts by being all description and barely any dialogue, it's very hard to build a feel for the personality of the hero, besides "he stands there and gets insulted and says nothing." I remember reading something along the lines of "Lady Thyme told us to shut up because we were laughing too loud" and stopping there because I just couldn't imagine him laughing. I wished the author has shown the conversation because really, what could he be laughing at? At something normal for a boy his age, or something else?
Then, somewhere between the end of the first quarter of the book and the start of the first third, something changed. I suspect it's because there's more dialogues and more importantly, the hero starts doing things instead of passively being subjected to whatever the other characters want to throw at him. We get a great view inside his mind when he analyses situations and problems -- that guy is smart and has been very well-trained -- and we start to get a good feel for his personality as well. As far as I'm concerned, that's when I started caring and what made me keep thinking about the book at all times.
My conclusion would be that this is definitely a series worth reading. I already have the two following books, but that doesn't prevent me from planning like mad my next trip to the bookshop, to buy the second trilogy. Great, crazy stuff!...less
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Britannia
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Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, Book 3)
by Robin Hobb
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Britannia said:
"A surprising twist to the Farseer & Tawny Man books, the Liveship Traders present their own fantastic crew with all the usual characteristics of Robin Hobb's writing. Fantastic characters, all with their own separate plots that are being pulled t...more
A surprising twist to the Farseer & Tawny Man books, the Liveship Traders present their own fantastic crew with all the usual characteristics of Robin Hobb's writing. Fantastic characters, all with their own separate plots that are being pulled together by one massive underlying feature that will shock and amaze you. From Wintrow, to Malta to Athena, to Kennit, to Kyle you will love and hate every one of them for their beauty as stand alone characters and fantastic sense of realty. ...less
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Britannia
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Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, Book 2)
by Robin Hobb
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Britannia said:
"A surprising twist to the Farseer & Tawny Man books, the Liveship Traders present their own fantastic crew with all the usual characteristics of Robin Hobb's writing. Fantastic characters, all with their own separate plots that are being pulled t...more
A surprising twist to the Farseer & Tawny Man books, the Liveship Traders present their own fantastic crew with all the usual characteristics of Robin Hobb's writing. Fantastic characters, all with their own separate plots that are being pulled together by one massive underlying feature that will shock and amaze you. From Wintrow, to Malta to Athena, to Kennit, to Kyle you will love and hate every one of them for their beauty as stand alone characters and fantastic sense of realty. ...less
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Britannia
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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, Book 1)
by Robin Hobb
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Britannia said:
"A surprising twist to the Farseer & Tawny Man books, the Liveship Traders present their own fantastic crew with all the usual characteristics of Robin Hobb's writing. Fantastic characters, all with their own separate plots that are being pulled t...more
A surprising twist to the Farseer & Tawny Man books, the Liveship Traders present their own fantastic crew with all the usual characteristics of Robin Hobb's writing. Fantastic characters, all with their own separate plots that are being pulled together by one massive underlying feature that will shock and amaze you. From Wintrow, to Malta to Athena, to Kennit, to Kyle you will love and hate every one of them for their beauty as stand alone characters and fantastic sense of realty. ...less
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Britannia
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Golden Fool (Tawny Man, Book 2)
by Robin Hobb
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Britannia said:
"A classic fantasy series with a plot that is both epic and heart wrenching. This one has it all, betrayal, love, hate, war, drama, and just about everything else. Fitz is the anti-hero that you want to love, with enough flaws to make him real and pai...more
A classic fantasy series with a plot that is both epic and heart wrenching. This one has it all, betrayal, love, hate, war, drama, and just about everything else. Fitz is the anti-hero that you want to love, with enough flaws to make him real and painful. The other characters of the novels are surprising and real as well with an awesome amount of character development and a story with an ending that you'll never forget I'd say this is one of fantasy's ultimate pieces of literature....less
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Britannia
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Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, Book 3)
by Robin Hobb
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Britannia said:
"A classic fantasy series with a plot that is both epic and heart wrenching. This one has it all, betrayal, love, hate, war, drama, and just about everything else. Fitz is the anti-hero that you want to love, with enough flaws to make him real and pai...more
A classic fantasy series with a plot that is both epic and heart wrenching. This one has it all, betrayal, love, hate, war, drama, and just about everything else. Fitz is the anti-hero that you want to love, with enough flaws to make him real and painful. The other characters of the novels are surprising and real as well with an awesome amount of character development and a story with an ending that you'll never forget I'd say this is one of fantasy's ultimate pieces of literature....less
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Britannia
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Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, Book 1)
by Robin Hobb
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Britannia said:
"A classic fantasy series with a plot that is both epic and heart wrenching. This one has it all, betrayal, love, hate, war, drama, and just about everything else. Fitz is the anti-hero that you want to love, with enough flaws to make him real and pai...more
A classic fantasy series with a plot that is both epic and heart wrenching. This one has it all, betrayal, love, hate, war, drama, and just about everything else. Fitz is the anti-hero that you want to love, with enough flaws to make him real and painful. The other characters of the novels are surprising and real as well with an awesome amount of character development and a story with an ending that you'll never forget I'd say this is one of fantasy's ultimate pieces of literature....less
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