I'm hoping I can pull my wife in for the ride, but she reads even less than I do these days, but I somehow have never been able to find the words to do justice to the power of Robin Hobb's writing or why some of those gut punches pack so much power. So I've ordered the Farseer Trilogy again ( I think my OG copies might be a continent away), and am getting ready to take in this story properly this time. Well, I continued reading just the Fitz & Fool stories and finally reached the ending of Assassin's Fate about a month ago, and despite thoroughly enjoying all elements of what I read, it became quite obvious where my decision to skip Liveship Traders and the Rainwild Chronicles left gaps in the lore. (I'm not even going to talk about how hard it was to read Fool's Errand with my own aged dog next to me)

I finally took the plunge, and it was surreal to slip back into Fitz's shoes (and mind) so many years after I'd left him and Nighteyes who themselves had enjoyed a significant amount of time passing. He picked them up, he loved them, and before I knew it he was telling me that I needed to read Tawny Man. I certainly wasn't ready at that age to jump into the Liveship Traders which if I recall was out, but we were a couple of years from Tawny Man starting to drop.Ī couple of years ago a friend who is a far more voracious reader asked me for some Fantasy rec's, so along with the usual caveat's I strongly encouraged Assassin's Apprentice.

Having come from much more typical / light hearted Fantasy fare, I was warned this was going to be a more bitter-sweet read and boy did those books stick with me. I first read The Farseer Trilogy roughly 25 years ago, in my mid-late teen's. The Liveship Traders Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny Kindle Edition by Robin Hobb (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 536 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 19.99 Read with Our Free App Mass Market Paperback 35.95 2 Used from 28.11 3 New from 32.

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