Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) in Fantasy Buddy Reads

Jan 15, 2017 Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: year-2017, 3-star

Assassin's Apprentice is the story of Fitz, who arrives at Buckkeep barely more than a child. He is branded early on as the bastard of Prince Chivalry Farseer, eldest & deceased son of King Shrewd Farseer. And so begins the slow & steady descent of our main character into a life fraught with hardship after hardship.

Which brings us around to one of my main struggles with this story. The first 80-85% of this book is a slow trudge through Fitz's childhood, exploring the many brutal ways in which he ...more

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Jun 25, 2018 Navi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, fantasy, first-of-series

I completely adored this book! The world building is subtle but effectively created but where Hobb truly shines is the moment-to-moment dialogue between the various characters. All of the conversations felt so genuinely real that I truly felt like I knew each and every character on a deep personal level. Another thing I loved was the pacing. The narrative never once felt rushed or drawn out. I look forward to continuing on with the series!

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Feb 03, 2019 Kavitha Sivakumar rated it it was amazing

Shelves: nk-btb-2019

Absolutely entrancing!

Thanks to Manju for this wonderful reco :)

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Dec 11, 2017 Lars Martin rated it liked it · review of another edition

When I read this book I kept asking myself: What is the point of fantasy?

Patrick Rothfuss said in an interview that while crime fiction and other fiction tries to answer the question "what is", fantasy tries to answer the question "what if". So what is the "what if" of the story? I don't know. Are there any? Perhaps. It might be the forging, where victims of pirate raidings come back soulless and mindless.

Beth Webb says that fantasy is the psychological process by which a child learns to fill th ...more

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Feb 04, 2018 Phillip rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2018

Despite the fact that Assassin's Apprentice checks nearly all the boxes for the first novel of a generic fantasy trilogy - a young boy (check), born of royal blood (check), possessing strange and forbidden powers (check), begins training (check) in a variety of skills and arts that will aid him as the King's assassin - it somehow manages to never come across as old hat. I think this is due to Robin Hobb's deliberate, precise writing style, and because while using familiar genre tropes, she manag ...more

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Mar 23, 2021 chanda rated it really liked it

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Aug 28, 2022 Misa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: has-mystery-in-it, i-liked-it, favorite-from-this-author, first-from-this-author, loved-the-cover, historical, a-surprise

4.5 Stars
I'm hooked and I can't stop thinking about what will happen in the next book. I love the fool, his character intrigues me a lot. I loved the writing style, it was so good and I don't know why I was so reluctant to start this series. ...more

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