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Wyprawa skrytobójcy by Robin Hobb

13 reviews

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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

Honestly I don’t really have the words to describe how I feel after reading this. Even the ending brought me no joy. This whole trilogy is beautifully devastating, and I can’t wait to continue reading the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings!

I feel like my soul was sucked out of me😀👍

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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

Amazing, heart wrenching ending to an amazing heart wrenching trilogy.
Against popular opinion, i feel like this was one of the most satisfying ending ive read. Also a rare time where i actually find every single book of the series good-not a disappointing third book.

I miss fitz already:( i feel like this book was the most plot driven in the entire series which fixed a bit of the pacing problem! However, it was still emotionally challenging where fitz didn’t catch a break(literally).
What hobb does best is write complex character relationships. Every single fitz interaction was heartbreaking in its own way, especially since youve been following him since he was 6.

 The amount of times i had to put the book down to cry cannot be counted. Which might be my favorite part of the book.
What i also enjoyed is how she gave fitz a very realistic arc.
What’s more heartbreaking but realistic than him turning into the one thing he didn’t want-his father? (You can try guess which one. All would be right probably)
My only problem was how she doesnt write good villains. Their motives werent clear, and honestly i feel like fitz fought his inner demons more than he fought them.
Regal was a whiny unidimensional boyking. The redships made sense- but they were a bit shallow and disappointing. 
I am so excited to see what comes next though!



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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m very conflicted about this one. It could’ve been many many pages shorter, and the ending is
understandable but I don’t understand the point of the moment with Starling about recovering from trauma,  the acknowledgment that he loved the idea of Molly, his mother, etc.if nothing is done with that and Fitz lives alone. Surely after so many life experiences he would at least tell Patience? I was also horrified by the body swapping to make the heir. It’s barely acknowledged afterwards.
The characters are compelling as always, and I do like the
deeper dive into Fitz as an unreliable narrator.
The questing part was the weakest for me, especially the middle part. The excess tree descriptions got to me. 

However, like purposefully diving off a cliff, I still felt for the characters and wanted to know what happened with them. This one is definitely a flawed work, more than the previous entries. 

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While there were many things I enjoyed about this book, I think the thing I felt most was frustrated.  There was so much that felt like willful ignorance because things were explained well enough that I as the reader picked up on the meaning but that Fitz as the character did not and perhaps could not because they way they tried to explain things to him was not in one he could easily grasp and understand.

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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Wow, Robin Hobb can end a chapter! She left me reeling more times than not. Compared to the previous two Farseer books, this one moves quick! Extremely emotional, especially at the beginning and end. There was an odd twist at the end that was uncomfortable but it fits with the culture of the Six Duchies. Loved how it came together in the end. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 I can not express how much these characters have stolen my heart. This is for sure a new favorite series for me, and I'm sure my love will only grow as I move forward with the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings. That said, I am giving this one a 4 instead of a 5 because it really is absurdly long, and all though, by the end I had forgiven it all its sins, I can't pretend that there wasn't about 300 pages in the middle of it that dragged on. 

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

very slow book, especially at the beginning, but i enjoyed it anyway. Robin Hobb’s characters are so wonderfully written and the dynamics we got to see in this third book were even better crafted than in the previous installments. i absolutely loved the “quest” element that was very dominant in the story, and i found the ending flawless. i will absolutely be reading the other RotE books.

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