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Second verse, same as the first.

June 30, 2016 by narfna 3 Comments

At another time, I might have given this book a full four stars, but I’ve been on a streak of reading really great books lately, and this ended up feeling overly long, as well as frustrating due to some plot decisions that I just hate, even if I get why they’re there. This is the second in Hobb’s Farseer trilogy, and for me unfortunately, a lot of it felt like a replay of conflicts and events from the first book, only on a widening scale. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: epic fantasy, fantasy, narfna, robin hobb, royal assassin, the farseer trilogy

narfna's CBR8 Review No:81 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: epic fantasy, fantasy, narfna, robin hobb, royal assassin, the farseer trilogy ·
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Not quite what I was expecting, but I like!

April 10, 2016 by narfna 2 Comments

I’ve been meaning to read this series for yearrrrrrs, and I finally got around to it. It was . . . not what I was expecting! I mean, right away it’s pretty hard not to notice it’s in first person POV, which is still incredibly rare in epic fantasy, and I think dangerous because it’s so hard to pull off. But I quickly adapted to it, and think it works well here. I still think a nice third person POV lends a storyteller quality that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: assassin's apprentice, epic fantasy, fantasy, narfna, robin hobb, the farseer trilogy

narfna's CBR8 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: assassin's apprentice, epic fantasy, fantasy, narfna, robin hobb, the farseer trilogy ·
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