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Renegade's Magic (Soldier Son, #3)

Robin Hobb

Start date: March 1, 2018

Finish date: April 30, 2018

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May 31, 2014 David Sven rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

This story has a good ending. A really strong finish to close out the trilogy. Something I was not expecting for the first half of the book. Nicely done Robin Hobb.

For the first half of this book I was a little bemused as to the direction the story took. Most of the book Nevare is a passenger in his own body as his Speck self (AKA Soldier's Boy) takes charge. Nevare, who has been a very passive sort of character for a lot of the series is now stripped completely of any agency or potential agency ...more

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Nov 11, 2012 Hanne rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

Such a peculiar trilogy…
Before starting this last trilogy (still completely bedazzled from all the Elderling trilogies) I kept wondering why on earth this trilogy received such low ratings. But I think I got it now. It’s not that this is a bad series: it’s just not up to Robin-Hobb-standard, and whatever Hobb book isn’t up to that standard will feel like a low point – even if that assessment isn’t deserved in the grand scheme of fantasy literature.

The story has its merits, but I kept thinking th ...more

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Jun 05, 2014 Ctgt rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

So I sat around brooding about this book and the series and decided to drop my rating for this final book to 2 stars. I will give the whole series 3 stars but it could have been so much better. The ending might be the only thing keeping this from a 1 star rating for me. The way Hobb wrapped things up was a bit surprising and actually quite satisfying. So how do I rate something 2 stars when I liked the ending? Because it took 500 pages of practically nothing happening to get to that point. There ...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Kevin Xu rated it liked it

Shelves: re-read

I finally finish the book after a little over a year, reading this for the fourth time. I found this book to be not as basd as I thought it was before, but I still found no reason for Hobb to have all the magic of the trilogy to be within this book. I also thought that Nevare could have been a much better characterif he took more control of certain situations. Overall, this book wrapes up the trilogy nicely, but I think for Hobb, she could have done better.

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Sep 18, 2017 Len Evans Jr rated it really liked it

A nice ending to the series... though this series is definitely not on par with the Farseer, Rainwilds and Liveship books. Overall this book and the series were an enjoyable read however I don't envision reading this one again in the future. Which is something I have done with the Farseer, Rainwilds and Liveship books already! ...more

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