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Everyone will know I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Farseer Trilogy, however, this trilogy has cemented Robin Hobb as an absolute master of her craft in my eyes.

This series has everything you could want from a reading experience, from the awesome world to the phenomenal characters, did I mention dragons.

My favourite part of this whole series is Hobb masterful characters, her ability to make you love the despicable and hate the innocent, while flip flopping your opinion of each character from chapter to chapter.

The star of this book for me was Malta, in books one and two I really detested her whining self righteousness. However, in book three she was instrumental to the story and delivered so many great scenes.

Again this is just another example of Hobb being a master of her craft.

It’s hard to speak too much more about this book and series without diving into spoilers but please give Liveship Traders a go, you won’t regret it!

I honestly believe everyone should read a Hobb series in their lifetime. The Liveship Trader would be my choice.

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

gitte_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

4.0

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5.0

I loved this series so much

naldi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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5.0

What a ride. All the characters went through such monumental changes, there is no way you can compare them to how they were in the first book of this trilogy. I can't believe how far we've come, and how everything got tied together in such a satisfying way. Mysteries got solved, yet brought forth some interesting connections with the first trilogy (especially the ones with a certain character!)
This leaves me with many questions to wonder; how will this shape the future of the series and its world? I really can't wait to read the next trilogy already!

All that said though, some parts of this book were genuinely hard to read at times. Please make sure to check the trigger warnings before reading this, if you're worried about it!
TW for:

Spoiler

SA, rape, PTSD, child abuse (mostly in the past), violence/death.

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