A review by dezzella
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

informative mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I think I was overhyped for this book. I saw so many people who love it and. for them after reading it, it became one of  their favourite series. So I was excited going in. It's a slow paced book, not too much happens until the very very end. I found it a bit drawn out/slow.

I did think it was interesting this is epic fantasy with first person perspective. Also the magic elements were interesting. There was some things that happened (and fair warning to those out there, there is pet death in this book), but the years of training and the main character just kinda felt like he was just watching things happen and didn't really do a lot himself. I know part of that is because he was a child for a portion, and perhaps he gets better in the future, but over all very underwhelmed. I'll still give future books a chance (I read this because people said to read this trilogy before the ship of magic book which was first to catch my eye by this author) so I guess we'll see if it gets better from here. I certainly hope that Fritz gets better going forward.
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