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The Assassin’s Apprentice is on just about every fantasy readers list, and rightfully so. Book 1 of the Farseer Trilogy should be considered a new classic and leaves me optimistic for the rest of the series.
An impressive work of art! At first I was concerned that the author was going to over develop her characters but she did a fantastic job even in this respect. Getting out of the first chapter is difficult and the development of the character back to that age is somewhat difficult to get thro ...more
An impressive work of art! At first I was concerned that the author was going to over develop her characters but she did a fantastic job even in this respect. Getting out of the first chapter is difficult and the development of the character back to that age is somewhat difficult to get thro ...more
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Completely blew me away!
I had no preconceived notions when starting this book. Somehow Robin Hobb had escaped my notice until now. "Couldn't put it down" is such an overused term. But, I'll say this. I started the book Sunday evening. By bedtime, I had to force myself to stop reading. Monday, I couldn't wait to get back into the fantasy world that was already haunting my imagination, but it had to wait while I finished up other obligations. Monday afternoon, I turned the last page and knew I cou ...more
I had no preconceived notions when starting this book. Somehow Robin Hobb had escaped my notice until now. "Couldn't put it down" is such an overused term. But, I'll say this. I started the book Sunday evening. By bedtime, I had to force myself to stop reading. Monday, I couldn't wait to get back into the fantasy world that was already haunting my imagination, but it had to wait while I finished up other obligations. Monday afternoon, I turned the last page and knew I cou ...more
I found this book really difficult to put down. Hobb does a very nice job with gradually developing the characters. She focuses mostly on 2-3 of them, but pulls them through the story terrifically.
The bastard, boy, newboy, young Fitz, Tom, and ‘you’ has many identities within the kingdom and even more within himself. He carefully determines each situation with kindness and regard for his companions. While some accept him, a few do not and his life remains in danger throughout the journey. Howev ...more
The bastard, boy, newboy, young Fitz, Tom, and ‘you’ has many identities within the kingdom and even more within himself. He carefully determines each situation with kindness and regard for his companions. While some accept him, a few do not and his life remains in danger throughout the journey. Howev ...more
For me, the story was only OK. Not my style. Seemed more like short stories put together without one over-arching story line moving everything forward. The "bad guys" were stupid and not believable. Outcomes predictable. It had potential at the beginning but just seemed to slowly get uninteresting as it went. Climax at the end was contrived. Certainly nothing is driving me to want to continue the trilogy.
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The problem with this book was that it lagged too often and for too long. There would be good stretches of great stuff only to be followed by longer stretches of tedious description for stuff I simply couldn't find interest.
The main character was written really well though. Well enough that I haven't entirely ruled out reading the next one. And the writing as a whole was very good. ...more
The main character was written really well though. Well enough that I haven't entirely ruled out reading the next one. And the writing as a whole was very good. ...more
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