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sofetto's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It has been a journey and I am so sad to leave this world behind. The way Hobb weaves everything together is magnificent. The ending was everything I could have hoped for and I am so glad.
To those of you contemplating skipping the Liveship Traders and the Rain Wild Chronicles I definitely recommend you do not. Everything has come together so beautifully and having read those adds both emotional depth and a greater understanding of what is happening.
To those of you contemplating skipping the Liveship Traders and the Rain Wild Chronicles I definitely recommend you do not. Everything has come together so beautifully and having read those adds both emotional depth and a greater understanding of what is happening.
briely's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Cried a lot. First half was incredibly difficult to read for all the dread it put in me, had to actually stop and take several breaks from reading like I hadn’t with all the others. Mostly I am just so sad this long, long journey is at an end. I’m going to miss these characters terribly. Would that I could better articulate how I feel about it right now, but currently I’m just an emotional wreck so that’s that. I think what it is is the knowledge that Fitz and the Fool’s story is completely over front to back. It’s not like we leave them happy in a cabin somewhere and can imagine their life together after the end, or I mean you could if you imagine the skillstream as some sort of nebulous heaven where they can create their own space together, but we have no glimpse into what the other side looks like and while I’m okay with that in a sense it also makes me sad not to know because I wanted Fitz and the Fool to have maybe like an ounce more closure before going into the stone together. It’s weird to think that there’s no other room for speculation because we’ve been with them quite literally their entire lives. I dunno I just miss them already
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Sexual harassment
vctoriaa's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-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
5.0
jenniferbennifer's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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
5.0
A great end to this amazing series!!! So sad that I’m finished!
shandyt's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars.
The Longest Goodbye
One day shy of one month after starting, I have ended my journey with RotE. I have done the sacrilegious thing and read the Fitz books only, but I have no regrets.
Goodbye to the most beautifully written fantasy series I've ever read. With the loveliest prose, the most sharply drawn characters, and the stupidest names since the Dragonriders of Pern. FitzChivalry Farseer, you will always be my favorite POV protagonist. Despite your frequent moments of willful obliviousness, your poor choices, and your baffling lack of self awareness, I love you.
I made a good choice to wrap up my listen to this book at home, and not at work. Many tears were shed, even at the fairly lighthearted stuff like. I'll admit to feeling a little gutted every time . And I absolutely lost it when .
I truly have only one complaint about this magnificent finale to the series.
In the days to come, I may have more detailed thoughts about this book, and the series as a whole. Just know that I cannot recommend it enough.
The Longest Goodbye
One day shy of one month after starting, I have ended my journey with RotE. I have done the sacrilegious thing and read the Fitz books only, but I have no regrets.
Goodbye to the most beautifully written fantasy series I've ever read. With the loveliest prose, the most sharply drawn characters, and the stupidest names since the Dragonriders of Pern. FitzChivalry Farseer, you will always be my favorite POV protagonist. Despite your frequent moments of willful obliviousness, your poor choices, and your baffling lack of self awareness, I love you.
I made a good choice to wrap up my listen to this book at home, and not at work. Many tears were shed, even at the fairly lighthearted stuff like
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Bee meeting and loving ThickSpoiler
Fitz skilled and heard "My boy!" in the Skill streamSpoiler
everyone came to be with Fitz as he died, especially Kettricken, second-best character in the series. Yes, I like her even more than the Fool—especially in this trilogy. (I wonder... did anyone notice when Kettricken referred to Elliania's unborn child as her and Fitz's grandchild?) I just wish there had been more time for goodbyes before Fitz put all his feelings into his wolfI truly have only one complaint about this magnificent finale to the series.
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Why did it have to be worms?? What an ignominious way for Fitz to go. I think part of my problem with the idea of death-by-parasites is that it seems so unlikely to my modern senses. One big dose of ivermectin in the real world (or maybe a couple trips through the Skill pillars, which are known to abort pregnancies?) and Fitz's problem may have been solved. Why couldn't it have been a poison the Servants darted him with? Fitz and poisonings go way back, so it would have been thematic. The poison could have had the same effects as the parasites, and if you told me it was some fantastical, incurable toxin that leached into the bones and caused a slow wasting via internal hemorrhaging, I'd have had no trouble suspending my disbelief. Hell, make it magical radiation from the silver, or turbo-ebola, or even necrotizing fasciitis. But worms??In the days to come, I may have more detailed thoughts about this book, and the series as a whole. Just know that I cannot recommend it enough.
dkadastra's review against another edition
5.0
What an incredible ride! A truly amazing, bittersweet, and fitting end to Fitz and the Fool's journey. Robin Hobb saved her best work for the finale. It is truly rare for someone to land the plane this well at the end of such an epic saga, without invalidating any character work or choices that came before it.
Another thing that was awesome was how she wove all the previous series that occurred in different settings with different characters into this final trilogy. It even made slogging through the rain wild chronicles worth it, even those that series was.... not great.
I had initially read the Farseer trilogy awhile ago, and remember enjoying it, but I didn't move on to the rest of the books. I'm so glad I revisited them. For whatever reason, I definitely enjoyed them more this time around. I truly think the massive tapestry Hobb wove over the 5 series that comprise the whole epic is a stunning achievement.
Another thing that was awesome was how she wove all the previous series that occurred in different settings with different characters into this final trilogy. It even made slogging through the rain wild chronicles worth it, even those that series was.... not great.
I had initially read the Farseer trilogy awhile ago, and remember enjoying it, but I didn't move on to the rest of the books. I'm so glad I revisited them. For whatever reason, I definitely enjoyed them more this time around. I truly think the massive tapestry Hobb wove over the 5 series that comprise the whole epic is a stunning achievement.
guppyur's review against another edition
5.0
I think we all knew we were heading for something like this. I didn't predict the ending, although I feel a bit like I should have. This series of trilogies is, I think, the greatest modern work of fantasy I've ever read, and this was a perfect, amazing conclusion.
I didn't read this final trilogy for a good while after it was released, and procrastinated reading this final volume even longer, partly because the series is important to me and I didn't want it to be over, and partly because I've read enough Hobb to know that it would be an emotionally difficult read. I was right; I spent most of the last 10% of it -- which is an insanely large amount, when you think about it, especially for a 950 page volume -- sobbing and hyperventilating uncontrollably. My wife came downstairs to check on me, thinking from the sounds I was making that I might have received some kind of awful news.
The first volume of the first trilogy of this series was published in 1996, according to Goodreads, and I think I must have started reading it not long after publication. That means I've read this series for almost 25 years, which is a longer relationship than I have with nearly any other series. I hardly know what to say now that I've finished it, except that I have a decades-long connection to these characters and I'm incredibly pleased that Hobb has finished it so well, though that's no surprise.
Strangely, I never read the Rain Wilds trilogy, and I'll have to go back and do that. It'll be interesting and different to read it for the first time now, knowing what we learned in this final trilogy.
What an immense talent.
I didn't read this final trilogy for a good while after it was released, and procrastinated reading this final volume even longer, partly because the series is important to me and I didn't want it to be over, and partly because I've read enough Hobb to know that it would be an emotionally difficult read. I was right; I spent most of the last 10% of it -- which is an insanely large amount, when you think about it, especially for a 950 page volume -- sobbing and hyperventilating uncontrollably. My wife came downstairs to check on me, thinking from the sounds I was making that I might have received some kind of awful news.
The first volume of the first trilogy of this series was published in 1996, according to Goodreads, and I think I must have started reading it not long after publication. That means I've read this series for almost 25 years, which is a longer relationship than I have with nearly any other series. I hardly know what to say now that I've finished it, except that I have a decades-long connection to these characters and I'm incredibly pleased that Hobb has finished it so well, though that's no surprise.
Strangely, I never read the Rain Wilds trilogy, and I'll have to go back and do that. It'll be interesting and different to read it for the first time now, knowing what we learned in this final trilogy.
What an immense talent.
nitroglycerin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
tense
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
5.0
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bookslut's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
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
5.0
raiju01's review against another edition
5.0
A world and its characters, built for 16 books and more than 20 years...
This trilogy felt like a procession, celebrating all that we have seen while tackling the current mission, revisiting scenes and characters from all the previous books, and it hits with the force of decades.
I can't believe the amount of characters that I absolutely love.
The best thing throughout the series, however, was Fitz's relationship to every character, each dynamic is so very distinct, I had so much fun trying to predict his reactions, his likes and dislikes. I felt like he was a friend after reading his pov for so long. Replying frequently to his many internal questions.
Fitz and the Fool and Nighteyes, my beloveds for a long time to come.
This trilogy felt like a procession, celebrating all that we have seen while tackling the current mission, revisiting scenes and characters from all the previous books, and it hits with the force of decades.
I can't believe the amount of characters that I absolutely love.
The best thing throughout the series, however, was Fitz's relationship to every character, each dynamic is so very distinct, I had so much fun trying to predict his reactions, his likes and dislikes. I felt like he was a friend after reading his pov for so long. Replying frequently to his many internal questions.
Fitz and the Fool and Nighteyes, my beloveds for a long time to come.