Robin Hobb Collection: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy) (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
The first of Hobb's series I read. Hobb has her own way of building a protagonist-they make mistakes, have major regrets, and can suffer for a long time. It's fantasy, and large sweeping events do happen, but Hobb revels in character development and the primacy of intimate, loving relationships (including some sexual ambiguity). Having read several other of her books, his remains the place to start. Then move on to tawny Man, where you will fall in love. The series was recommended by a friend, and at first, it annoyed me. Fitz was supposed to be our hero, magically gifted, intelligent ... He was supposed to grow into his power and win through just like in every other book.Instead, he was a flawed character, struggling to find his way, bungling his powers and his skills, losing battles and getting in trouble. Sometimes he wasn't likable and sometimes you loved him for his actions.In these kinds of novels, violence is frequently gratuitous and excessive, and while this world had it's fair share of death and gore and battles, we saw it through the eyes of our heros, tempered by their feelings and reactions to it.Despite being occasionally slow build steam, this world had unique magic, welld developed characters, and kept me hooked through three books. Well done!
What do You think about Robin Hobb Collection: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy) (2000)?
bellissima trilogia mai banale! appassionata e dal finale per niente scontato.
—reader
