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I’m so, so glad I got back into Robin Hobb’s books. Totally worth it.

Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man, #1) by Robin Hobb

October 18, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

It’s been a few weeks now* and I’m still trying to wrap my head around how much this book ensorcelled me, and how weird that felt after my (mostly) negative experience with the first Fitz trilogy a handful of years back. I suppose I should have seen this coming, though, with how much I loved The Liveship Traders, but a lot of things I didn’t like about the first Fitz trilogy were actually addressed here, and I’m sure there’s a bit of me in this […]

The Rain Wild Chronicles – Ragtag band of misfits and dragons find a home

The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb

City of Dragons by Robin Hobb

Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb

July 20, 2021 by Merryn Leave a Comment

CBR13 Bingo (in order) – Travel, The Wilds, Cityscape, Home I’ve read the other books in Robin Hobbs interlinked series many times, and the Farseer Trilogy is one of my favourite alltime reads. But for some reason I’d passed over the Rain Wild Chronicles until now. Maybe I’d heard it was a weaker link in the chain? If so, I heard right. The characters lack the depth and humanity I expect from Hobb, and were too neatly paired off by the series end. Nothing […]

“Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less.”

The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2) by Robin Hobb

December 30, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book does what it wants. I kept trying to read it faster than it wanted me to read it, and it took me twice as long as I thought it would. Not because it was bad, but because it was Too Much and I kept having to stop and process things. Also, sometimes when books stress me out I have to put them down because who knows what fool thing is going to happen next, and that was also going on here as well. […]

Clash of destinies

Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb

Forest Mage by Robin Hobb

Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb

November 10, 2020 by Merryn Leave a Comment

** Light spoilers for general plot direction of later books in the series ** Robin Hobb writes pain so well. I remember reading Shaman’s Crossing and Forest Mage when they first came out and choosing not to buy Renegade’s Magic because I couldn’t face Nevarre’s life getting any worse. This time around I stayed the course. Nevarre is the second son of a retired soldier who has been elevated to the nobility with a grant of land far from the capital. This determines Nevarre’s future […]

I fell in love with this book a little.

Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) by Robin Hobb

September 15, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I will be honest, I went into this book with as open a mind as I could muster, but I did not really expect to like it that much. This is because I did not end up liking the Farseer Trilogy very much at all, for a variety of reasons (despite having rated the first book in that series four stars, which I should honestly revisit and lower). Ironically, I went into those books fully expecting to love them. But much to my surprise, and […]

So long and thanks for all the Fitz

July 11, 2017 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

I don’t know whether it was the fault of the book, or because I’ve read this entire series back-to-back and fatigue has set in, but Assassin’s Fate really dragged for me. It’s taken me a full three weeks to finish this one, whereas it’s predecessors were devoured within days – some of this was due to being back at work which is seriously impinging on my reading time, but mostly it was down to becoming bored with what felt like the same bloody conversation being […]

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