Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Nov 17, 2018 Ashleigh rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series-books, buddy-read

More like 2.5 stars.

Assassin's Apprentice begins with a small boy being dumped onto the doorstep of the royal palace. The old man who brings the boy claims the child is a bastard, fathered by the Prince Chivalry. Taken in by the guard at the door, he is given to Chivalry's stableman, Burrich, to be raised and looked after.

The boy doesn't remember much from his mother and can't even remember if she named him. So he becomes known as Fitz (meaning bastard). Prince Chivalry is the first-born son More like 2.5 stars.

Assassin's Apprentice begins with a small boy being dumped onto the doorstep of the royal palace. The old man who brings the boy claims the child is a bastard, fathered by the Prince Chivalry. Taken in by the guard at the door, he is given to Chivalry's stableman, Burrich, to be raised and looked after.

The boy doesn't remember much from his mother and can't even remember if she named him. So he becomes known as Fitz (meaning bastard). Prince Chivalry is the first-born son of King Shrewd, making him first heir to the throne. Since being married to his wife Patience (who he married after Fitz was conceived), they have been unable to have a child of their own, and not wanting to cause further distress, Chivalry abdicates from the throne after finding out about Fitz and takes his wife into the countryside to live their lives. Unfortunately, this means Fitz never meets his father as a few years later, Chivalry is killed and King Shrewd believes he was assassinated.

When Fitz becomes old enough, he is visited at night by a strange man called Chade and told he will be trained alongside the strange man to become an assassin for the crown. Chade is a mysterious man who hides in the shadows, whilst helping the King with finding out information for him and assassinating rivals, if need be. It seems the only people who are aware of Chade's existence are Fitz, the King and Prince Verity (second son of King Shrewd). Will Fitz succeed in training as an assassin? Will he find out if Chivalry was murdered, and if so, by whom??

Had high hopes for this and I was majorly disappointed. It takes a lot to get into the story and I get this book is setting up a series, and we're getting backstory and stuff, but how long does it take for Fitz to become an assassin? There is so much information thrown at you throughout this book and a lot of it is kinda boring. It is nowhere near the longest book I've ever read, but it sure felt like it!

The characters weren't really that interesting to me either. Fitz has zero emotions and zero personality, and I wanted to see more of his inner turmoil. I wanted to see how his father's abandonment of him affected him. I wanted to see his relationship with Burrich explored more. (view spoiler).

Overall, not a great book and I'm not 100% if I'll be continuing.. ...more

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Mar 24, 2016 Megalion rated it it was amazing

Shelves: from-shelfari, favorite, year-read-2014, 2018-read

Visited a dear friend who showed me this book and raved about it so naturally I had to read it.

Excellent deep and detailed story in the fantasy genre. I'm a natural speed reader but I noticed that it didn't kick in for this book. It was of a quality that wanted to be savored.

2019: wish I could remember who it was. Angela? ...more

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Jul 22, 2018 Maggie Shanley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: five-star-books

Born on the wrong side of the blankets, gifted with the power of animals and kings, innocent in the ways of politics, skilled in intrigue and murder. Hobb has created a character that defies expectations and does not know his own strength. The series started off to a great start and I cannot wait to read the others.

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Dec 05, 2021 Kishore Kadapala rated it it was amazing

Awesome! I see lots of fantasy series taking inspirations form this one, some elements in the kingkiller chronicle and some in the stromlight archive.

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