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adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What on earth just happened—
Molly got with Barage?? He’s Fitz’s father figure and could be Molly’s father; I can’t TT
Verity turns into a dragon and leaves his dear wife to run the kingdom on her own, after all she did to find him? Tragic. I was as weirded out as Fitz was when Verity uses his body to get Ketrikan pregnant.
Fitz has no happy ending, and I think that’s what upsets me the most. We’ve followed his self-sacrificial butt across 3 books and like 60 hours-worth of reading and he’s left alone in the final chapter, with no fool, no Molly, no Barage, no Nettle, no Chade, just his wolf and some kid that gets dumped on him… and his broken and scarred body. I don’t even know what to think of that last chapter. I didn’t expect it all to wrap up so quickly, I suppose. Once again I am left wanting for more like an unquenched thirst.
Verity turns into a dragon and leaves his dear wife to run the kingdom on her own, after all she did to find him? Tragic. I was as weirded out as Fitz was when Verity uses his body to get Ketrikan pregnant.
Fitz has no happy ending, and I think that’s what upsets me the most. We’ve followed his self-sacrificial butt across 3 books and like 60 hours-worth of reading and he’s left alone in the final chapter, with no fool, no Molly, no Barage, no Nettle, no Chade, just his wolf and some kid that gets dumped on him… and his broken and scarred body.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infertility, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abortion
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Edit 4/26/24: Down to a 3.75
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Good conclusion to the trilogy. The traveling becomes a bit tiring and monotonous in the back half of the novel, but many great character moments and interactions compensate for that. Nighteyes and the Fool being the particular standouts. Especially the Fool who I really came to love with this book, and I understand why he's so beloved. I'm excited to see how his relationship with Fitz develops in the rest of the series.
My main gripe is really the pacing and the extension of the traveling. Hobb seems to really struggle with dragging at certain points in her books. But the plot was far more focused out of the three books which I appreciated.
Altogether this is probably my favorite of the Farseer trilogy, and I'm now fairly excited to continue reading Realm of The Elderlings.
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Good conclusion to the trilogy. The traveling becomes a bit tiring and monotonous in the back half of the novel, but many great character moments and interactions compensate for that. Nighteyes and the Fool being the particular standouts. Especially the Fool who I really came to love with this book, and I understand why he's so beloved. I'm excited to see how his relationship with Fitz develops in the rest of the series.
My main gripe is really the pacing and the extension of the traveling. Hobb seems to really struggle with dragging at certain points in her books. But the plot was far more focused out of the three books which I appreciated.
Altogether this is probably my favorite of the Farseer trilogy, and I'm now fairly excited to continue reading Realm of The Elderlings.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Rape
adventurous
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Holy crap was this a long one. While I didnt enjoy the first two overmuch, this book I did, especially towards the end of the first quarter. Im glad I didnt give up reading the series as the conclusion was what I was hoping for! I am intrigued by the idea of continuing the other series, but wary about their length. It's a bit overwhelming to consider how many books there are to work through, though they seem readily available as audiobooks (or these were through my library at least)
The simplest way for me to review this is to say I do not particularly enjoy Robin Hobb's writing, but I do like her mind for stories. Typically her style is just too drawn out for me and slow paced. If not for that, I think I would enjoy this series as a whole much much more.
The simplest way for me to review this is to say I do not particularly enjoy Robin Hobb's writing, but I do like her mind for stories. Typically her style is just too drawn out for me and slow paced. If not for that, I think I would enjoy this series as a whole much much more.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Sexual content
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
the ending really fell off the rails for me, also there is a sexual assault situation that i feel is dealt with very badly
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Grief, Gaslighting
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think I forgot how well written this book was, or I just understood it better having grown up a bit since then. In any case I don't recall being so viscerally shaken by the complete breakdown of Fitz over the course of these books. His development later in the books makes more sense to me again as well. I also realises again how much I appreciate that Hobb doesn't go for the "humankind is perverted and looting, rape, and murder is what it does best" kind of realism, but a much more nuanced version that is not less powerful in describing tragedy.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Rape