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The Golden Fool

Robin Hobb

4.41 AVERAGE

adventurous funny tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Oh my Fitz & my Fool my beloveds <3 how you mean the world to me. I am so terrified to read Fool’s Fate you have no idea
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny mysterious reflective

BELOVED!!!!

This one was slow and full of character development. I love adventure, but this one still gripped me, even if the main setting is Buckkeep. I love the mess that is Fitz, even when I want to smack the back of his head a little. Chade also frustrates, but something I appreciate about Robin Hobb is that even when she’s making a character act in a way that’s selfish or irritating, she also shows you the vulnerability behind why they might be doing that. 

I especially enjoyed Fitz’s small returns to his old self. So much has changed. He’s some version of a father figure to Dutiful, Nettle, and Hap. He sits in the in-between in so many areas. Always in the shadows! And yet still in everyone’s hearts. It always makes me happy when the minstrels sing of him, hehe. 

I could write a five page essay about the Fool and Fitz, but I’ll just say I adore their connection. I keep looking up fanart and telling anyone who will listen to me that this book series is EVERYTHING.
slow-paced
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No