Assassin's Quest | DISCUSSION
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- In which I discuss my spoiler filled thoughts on Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb...
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Omg I agree with most points. I never liked him with Molly but I was so heartbroken for him at the end that he was all alone with night eyes and they thought he was dead still and he never had his child and I sobbed. The end broke me.
I'm constantly heartbroken for him poor thing
I knowww it was terrible :(
Hiba M Khalbous I cried at my friend about it who had no clue what I was wailing about.
Thoughts on Tomes I want to adopt him so bad.
That ending broke me so bad too! I just cried and cried....
Just finished it. The ending infuriated me so much. One one hand i wish there was more focus on beating the red ships and killing regal but on the other hand it made so much sense cause this whole story showed that fitz is only one part of the world. He just a person...so the idea that he would do every single important thing is unrealistic in a world that meant to feel real
I totally agree with you on how the ending wasn’t satisfying. Regal, the forging, the dragons, all wrapped up in one chapter in a few sentences for each. Huh? For being over 800 pages, I was expecting a bit more time to be devoted to each of these plot lines.
The wit and the forging stuff will be explored more in the tawny man trilogy 😉
bless
I have a LOT of thoughts but can't express any of them for spoiler reasons, but yeah, Robin Hobb reaaaaally loves to torture her characters.
Which always leaves me so bitter, especially with the live ship traders trilogy 😖
I both love and hate it because her characters don't have plot armor but I fear for the,!
I saved this video for when I finally finished this behemoth. We got like 200 pages of Verity chiseling stone and I was like...we could be learning more about the Wit right now??? I felt like every time there was a glimmer of some real momentum the book shot itself in the foot. The Regal thing especially! I thought that it would at least be interesting to see him with this Skilled loyalty, because Galen was Skilled that way too and his bitterness still seeped out anyway, and I was interested to see if that's what would happen to Regal eventually, but no. Killed by a ferret a paragraph later. I just feel like...this book was a solid 3 like you said, but there IS a 5 star book buried in here, and that's what frustrated me.
Reminds me of Dave Duncan's A man of his word series, but its ending is much more satisfying.
You're so right
The book was good but so much of it was such a drag.
It didn't need to be that long.
There was so much time spent dwelling unnecessary things yet ironically, there wasn't enough time spent on the things that mattered. The ending, unlike the first 2 books, was indeed unsatisfying
Molly and Fitz's relationship shouldn't have began in the first place. Seriously, how did he think it was going to end? He would've never been allowed to marry her.
It make no sense that someone didn't just kill her just to get to him.
I wasn't surprised when Burrich and molly got together, I absolutely hated it, but it makes sense. I mean he's a good guy, he was doing "husband" stuff for her, of course she was going to fall for him
also I was so disappointed with how everyone accepted and quickly moved on with the dragons and the magic, the "black stones", the old city (I have read the series in French so I don't know what terms are used in English), and they didn't do anything with that when I saw a lot of potential. I also wanted to know about Fitz's origin (who is his mum and how come Chevalerie gave in) , but I guess everything will be explained in later books
It's hard for me to watch reviews of this series because I started reading it when I couldn't speak English yet and so I read it in French. But it's published in an entirely different format in French. They cut the books in two or three parts. So up until the halfway point of your review, I wasn't sure which part of the story you had just read. ^^' (I think in French it's books 4-5-6)
I never read Liveship Traders, I've only read the books about Fitz, and his story is so heartbreakingly beautiful. You'll definitely learn more about the Wit in his later books.
1) With your affinity toward the Wit, I will echo what a lot of people have already said that I believe you will enjoy Tawny Man. It was kind of annoying for me, but I felt like the first book of Tawny Man was more of a wrap-up to Farseer than Assassin's Quest. Then the second two of Tawny Man were a separate adventure now that Fitz has wrapped things up. 2) I LOATHE Starling. 3) I agree with your feelings about Burrich and Molly. It was an odd pairing to me, even though I love Burrich and want to see him happy. I just think everyone can do better than Molly. 4) Before you begin Tawny Man (when that happens), I don't think you should sleep on The Wilfull Princess and the Piebald Prince to give you more context to the Wit. 5) BLESS...I am so ready for you to get to Liveships as well!!!
1. That's interesting about the first book in Tawny Man! I wonderful why she did that. 2. Uh oh does she come back around and do more or do you just hate her from this book lol 3. Honestly yes everyone can do better than Molly. And I loved his past with Patience so I was still rooting for them even though I knew it wouldn't happen 4. Oooh are those novellas?? 5. Yay liveships!
Thoughts on Tomes Ugh, Starling makes an appearance in other books.
And yes, it’s a collection of two novellas and you can find it on book depository. Short, sweet, but still very much a Robin Hobb story.
This series is my favorite thing ever right now. I'm about to start Ship of Destiny.
Totally fair review. I think what Robin Hobb does with this trilogy is just lets her potential shine and then literally blows you away with the next trilogy. I think Liveship is a masterpiece !!! So excited for you, because you can now step on board Vivacia and Cruise out of Bingtown on incredible journey !!! Not going to rant becuase i don' t want to give anymore away. Really looking forward to seeing your thoughts. I will say that you are gonna love Althea!!!
I read assassin quest in february too and I was so disappointed! I absolutely loved the first two books and I just wanted more from this book, I thought the middle dragged on so much and then everything was resolved in like 50 pages! I feel exactly the same about molly!! I just don't think they make sense together!
I'm excited to get to the live ship traders series though and I'm hoping this book was just a blip because I really love Fitz and the Fool!
so many people have said this was one of her worst books so I'm glad it only improves from here
I'm so glad i found this place to share thoughts :) I just finished chapter 2 where there's a big scene between Fitz and Burrich in the cabin and I was so upset with Fitz I couldnt keep reading. Guess that's the sign of a good author? haha I hope to calm down soon as I guess its still worth continuing based on the spoiler free reviews.... p.s. I would like to see a spinoff of the adventures of Burrich and Chade :)
The thing that sticks in my mind the most from this book (and it is a long time since I read it) is the real start to the deepening of Fitz and the Fool's relationship (I was going to write friendship but it goes much deeper than that). The ending wasn't satisfying but I couldn't wait to get on to the Tawny Man trilogy which is my favourite trilogy following Fitz. I have lots of issues with Molly's relationship with Fitz, as I felt he had a far better connection with Kettricken (but I won't say any more due to spoilers).
Enjoy the Liveship Traders - and don't worry...you will start off wanting to slap one of the characters but you won't always feel that way. 😁
I also think he was better with Kettricken, even in book 2 of this series. I didn't get the Molly dynamic at all.
Given your thoughts about the Wit, I'm thinking you might find the Tawny Man trilogy interesting! On first read this was my favorite Farseer book, and I think it was primarily because of the development of Fitz's connection with the Fool. I LOVED that aspect. I'm also one of those people who ships them though, lol.
oooh good I'm excited!
Ok, about the old blood. You do get Fitz telling you what happened with them in the beginning of Fool's Errand. That was something I was worried about too and I just wanted to tell you so you're not as frustrated as I was when I didn't know what was coming.
And man, Assassin's Quest is in my opinion her worst book. It's so slow, terribly paced, huge for no reason, and it had little to no actual pay off for all the things that have been building up. But don't worry, she gets MUCH better at finishing series after this... Like, 500% better. You're gonna LOVE Liveship Traders. Seriously.
Also if you don't ship Fitz and the Fool yet... You will.
oh thank god regarding the old blood! I'm so glad she improves with finales.
I think Blood of Dragons takes worst book IMO. I feel like it has even worst pay off than Assassin's Quest which is sad cause the other 3 books in Rainwilds are great.
Ahahaha. I gave up on this book. I just . . . the flashbacks for 1/3 of the book pre-quest killed it for me. (I was still bitter about the ending of book two. And while this solved some of the dangling threads there, the flashbacks felt misplaced.) And I really disliked that bard lady. >.<
I do like her writing style for the most part but her endings haven't been that great for me in books one and two. :-)
Yeah this book really dragged and is the worst of her books. Liveships is so much improved especially the conclusion! I am hoping to move on to Tawny Man later this year. I read them 10-15 years ago now and I have been enjoying being back in the world so much. Especially now the finsl book in Fitz and the Fool is released so I know there is a final conclusion to the whole world!
Your opinions are super valid but you don't need to smack the book with each syllable...
oh it's funny that you commented this on a years old video like it was at all helpful... weird for you