I'm very curious to hear what you think of this series, it's one of my seemingly controversial takes..., but apparently I'm not alone * Petrik www.goodreads.com/review/show/1829419001?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1 * I've considered giving the follow-up series a try as I've heard the series improves, but I was just so underwhelmed with Farseer Trilogy on first pass. Way too many characters making unrealistic decision for the sole purpose of moving the plot along...all the time.
It’s true- Hobb’s characters are among the very best and the most “real” I’ve encountered, and I formed strong attachments to them. Coming of age - you’ve got it! Elaborate fantasy setting- check! Compelling characters you’ll cry with - you bet! Happy reading, my friend!
I usually don't read two books in the same series back to back, to not burn out, but yesterday I read the last 150 pages of assissins apprentice in Basically one sitting, and just started royal assassin today, and I'm already fully invested in the world, I don't even care what Fitz does, I just love reading whatever he's doing
Regarding Farseer not being dense like Malazan, it's not such a complicated story but it's definitely dense. The main aspect of Hobb's work is the emotional turmoil of characters and their complicated relationships with each other. There is weight in each sentence and character interaction. Savouring that is the best part of this series.
In my opinion, the best fantasy writer today. I started reading her 25 years ago, and I still find her to be the best in writing, characters and world building. Fitz is one of the best characters, and her "bad" guys are those that I still hate the most. And, of course, she has the BEST wolf character ever. Hands down.
@@sebastian-jl8ck Just start at the beginning with Assassin's apprentice. They're all chronological so you'd miss a lot if you start with a later trilogy. May'be start Liveships after the second Fitz trilogy. Have fun!
@@sebastian-jl8ck As Jelle said below - start with Farseer, the chronological order is the best one. Liveships has a different set of characters, and expends the world, but I think you will appreciate it better if you read it after the Farseer trilogy.
Hi Mike. Absolutely awesome intro⚔🗡🐺🐲 Realm of the Elderlings is one of my favorite fantasy worlds. I started reading Hobb books when I was 13-14 years old. They became my enduring favorites..I return to the world every couple of years.
I’ve been reading fantasy since I was a kid and it took me me 20 years to finally try Fitz and the Fool. They’re honestly now my favorite fantasy books of all time. The last book I’m the series was perfect and the ending absolutely destroyed me. Absolutely beautiful.
Also in terms of characters eliciting emotions...I once burst into tears in the middle of um, an intimate encounter, because I remembered a scene I had read earlier that day. "omg are you ok?", "yeah, fine. Sorry. Not about this or you", "Wait...are you crying about that book? Now?"
The Farseer Trilogy was good , but I loved the Liveship Traders Trilogy! And I'm a little outside the norm here but I thought the Rain Wild quartet was enjoyable. Excited to hear your thoughts!
Started this year with Assassins Apprentice and should be finishing up Royal Assassin this weekend. Loving the farseer trilogy and Robin Hobbs writing so far!
Mike, do not listen to anyone, this intro made me chills down my spine! I looove this series, and it was so good to experience the feel of it again :D Good luck with your Farseer journey, I hope you will like it!
Realm of the Elderlings, specifically the trilogies that stick with Fitz and the Fool, are probably in my top 5 book series. I love, love the way Hobbs writes characters.
Don't believe what they say about Rain Wilds Chronicles - I thought that quartet was great (I only read it recently as I had been primarily focused on the story of Fitz, the Fool, and Nighteyes, but I wish now that I'd read all the ROTE books in order). My favourite trilogy in the series is the Tawny Man trilogy....so good!!!
I read AA this month and really liked it. I plan on continuing on. I know some don't like the 1st person pov but I enjoyed it in this story. I'm excited to continue.
Started RotE last spring. Now, I've read 9 books by Robin Hobb and she's my favourite author now. Plan to read Rain Wild Chronicles February to April, reread Farseer in May and then, when done with my Abitur exams, finally read Fitz & the Fool🥰
I’m excited for you. Not sure where you heard that the 1st series isn’t great, it’s usually up there with Liveship from what I see people saying online! I mean all of them are good, yes even Rain Wild. What I would say is the first book itself is the weakest in the series. Enjoy!
At 9:15 or so you mention its not as character dense as WoT or Malazan and I agree. Particularly for this trilogy. Instead of going wide with many characters, I feel like Robin Hobb went very deep on a few select characters, which I like a lot!
A senior in 1997? Whippersnapper! :D I'm seriously considering starting my first Hobb series this year, if I don't get sucked into Sanderson or WOT first.
If you like characters then Robin Hobb and Guy Gavriel Kay are the best. I go back and forth on which I like better but you can't go wrong with those two. Now start The Black Company! They're easy books to read and you'll breeze through them quickly.
@@seekeroftruth111 I think the selling point for me is the discussion of character work. That's usually what sucks me in, a few characters I enjoy following and that devastation when something bad happens to one of them
i love rainwild chronicles. the characters are typical Hobb characters that are so loveable . and the character development in them is just amazing. i think people don't like that series like the others because it has YA vibes.
Royal Assassin is going to break your heart next month, in the best way possible. So tragic and so beautiful at the same time. Liveship Traders is the true masterpiece of the series, though.
The Rain Wild books are good, just not quite as good as the rest of the series, they're also very different. I'll be very surprised if you don't like Farseer, it's a bit slow but the characters are great and foundational to the rest of the series.
I didn’t wanna join the Malazan read along so I’m going to join the Hobb impromptu read along. I’m also reading the first law trilogy because of of your recommendation, loving it so far. I can’t wait for my books to get here 🤩
I know everyone is always freaking out about The Liveship Traders trilogy cuz pirates but if you want REAL, DEEP character focus and evaluation, The Tawny Man trilogy is where it’s at.
I love this! I'm reading the Rain Wild Chronicles last of all the series, because of my reservations. It did retreat from the main story, but I actually like the Rain Wild Chronicles. I feel it's underrated. I have a feeling you will love the character work. It is what gripped me to the series. I hope you enjoy it!
As always, great video and amazing intro! I read Assassin's Apprentice a few eons ago, and have wanted to complete the series for some time now. Unfortunately, lack of time was always an issue. I may try it again this year or next. Thanks for sharing this :)
Robin Hobb is my absolute favorite. And I would agree that you really need to read Liveship. I can't even put into words how unique and deep her books are. Also, Rainwilds doesn't suck! It's just different than the other books. Not as serious, I guess.
I love how you do excerpts from lines in the books you read. I'd be interested in a video about your favorite quotes, or favorite pieces of lore that come from the little info bits at the beginning of chapters. Whether it's from the trilogy or the whole series at the end.
I rhink that you will enjoy most of Farseer trilogy. The good thing about Robin Hobb is that we can choose how much to committ to. I've read the two first trilogies and plan to read the Tawny man this spring. After that I'll choose if I'll continue or not
I read my big brother's copy of Assassin's Apprentice when I was younger (pre-WoT, post LotR I think), and I found it in the basement! Same with the War of the Flowers by Tad Williams, but I remember really liking it. Assassin's Apprentice, that is. I had also rear the second one on Kindle forever ago, now that I have the complete trilogy I might be due for a reread at some point.
Gonna be fun to hear your thoughts on these series. Especially the Liveship trilogy is one of my top series ever, it's up there with Malazan, Song of Ice and Fire, and LoTR. As for Rain Wild Quartet... it's atleast one (probably two), books too long. In it's defence, I really liked the protagonist Alise Kincarron and found her story arch really entertaining.
Started Royal Assassin recently. My why I started to read is that I just googled finished fantasy series since I didn't want to wait for the next installment.
Hello Mike. I read Assassin's Apprentice years ago and personally found it boring and never went on with the trilogy. I'll be interested to see how you get on with it. I think the last straw for me was when I took a long look at the map (I love fantasy maps!) and realized it was just Alaska turned upside-down. First time commenting. Love the channel.
I hope you enjoy these! I suddenly felt really old when you said the first book was published in 1995. I actually like The Farseer Trilogy the best, perhaps because it was my first exposure to Hobb. Second favorite would be The Live Ship books, then Tawny Man. I never made it all the way through The Rain Wilds or The Fitz and the Fool books, despite being really interested in the settings and lore. Perhaps Hobb matured as a writer in ways that simply stopped appealing to me.
I have read them all apart from the rain wild chronicles (I tried and skipped). I am really interested to see you go through these. They are brilliant. Such great characters
I may jump in here with you. I'm totally in agreeance with character-driven stories. I started Malazan, but may have to shelf it and return when I am more ready for the task. It was a bit much for me right now being relatively new to fantasy, although I already have trouble not thinking about it, so I'm sure it wont stay shelved for long, lol
@@mikesbookreviews We only hate it in comparison to the fantastic rest of the series. I found Rain Wild and the last half of Assassin's Fate to be the weakest parts of the series, but that leaves a lot of room to be pretty darn good. Rain Wild was just a let down after the epic end of Tawny Man.
As someone who finished The Farseer trilogy and is starting the Liveship Traders trilogy, it's hard to get into. I love Fitz and the way we learned of the world as he did. It immediately pulled me in and dragged me along. The Liveship Traders though is much harder to get into. I feel like there was a magic in Assassin's Apprentice that didn't translate into Liveship.
I loved the first trilogy...I think book 1 is the weakest- but still phenomenal! I’ve just started book 1 in The Liveship Traders and I already love this one...I’m only 34% in....hope you love them - I can see you being a big fan!!
Robin Hobb is great. I read Farseer when I was in high school. Her science fiction stuff under her real name Megan Lindholm is worth the read also. Rain Wilds I think had more to do with her publisher, it was supposed to be a trilogy but the publisher wanted the last part split and some of the editing is strange, disjointed IMO.
Started Assassin's Apprentice this week (think I'm 5 chapters down) and have had a copy of Liveship trilogy on my shelves for a couple of years that I want to also get around to this year. Slow-burn can be a bit of a knife-edge for me and it's a real coin-flip as to whether I get bored; the first two AA chapters sort of put me off a bit as I wasn't expecting it to start *that* early in his life!
Love Farseer. You can do Farseer along with Malazan I promise youll be more than ok. I got my Wife to read it as her first ever epic fantasy series and she loved them and got through them no problem... even with it being her first. Im a character reader as well. Prince Regal ends up alongside Joffrey, and Deloris Umbridge as the most hated characters Ive ever read...
The Liveships is actually the series I like the least. The series where Fitz and the Fool are the main characters are my favourites, and I don't think the Rainwilds are bad at all. I found it interesting and there are a few characters there that I really like. To me, like you, I find the characters to be the most important. If the characters are bland or unlikeable I drop the books pretty fast, even if the story and world is epic. (sorry for bad writing, english is not my first language)
I read the first trilogy and probably some ways into the second while I was still in my late teens. I can confirm, I felt the joys and the misery. I did laugh and cry with the characters. It's funny sometimes when you describe something and it sounds a bit lame when explained because you actually had to be there to experience it. I think R. Hobb does a great job in exactly that. Have fun reading it, I'll be watching your videos with interest.
Got probably halfway through the entire series and ran out of steam waiting for the next book. Now that its finished I probably need to reread and finish, except I'm already in the Malazan reread. 2023 I guess.
Hello! In somewhat new to your page and always have been jealous of you background with all your books... could you tell me the bookshelf’s you use? I’m normally an iPad reader but I must get in your level of awesome
The start and end of Assassins Quest were great, but man I found the middle dragged something rotten. Still an all round amazing trilogy though. As for a name to call us. How about the Hobbnobs? (A take on the British biscuit for the Americans out there)
Hey bookworms! Since I recorded this I’ve already finished book 1! So my updated schedule will be book 2 in February and book 3 in March.
I'm very curious to hear what you think of this series, it's one of my seemingly controversial takes..., but apparently I'm not alone * Petrik www.goodreads.com/review/show/1829419001?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1 *
I've considered giving the follow-up series a try as I've heard the series improves, but I was just so underwhelmed with Farseer Trilogy on first pass. Way too many characters making unrealistic decision for the sole purpose of moving the plot along...all the time.
@@Riverpeth your opinion has great value
@@THX-bz8bi Never said it did, thanks for trolling
@@Riverpeth No i was saying your opinion has value to it and you supported it by linking something.
The books go fast. and expect a lot of "Honey whats wrong" from your wife as the books seriously play with your emotions and they show.
It’s true- Hobb’s characters are among the very best and the most “real” I’ve encountered, and I formed strong attachments to them. Coming of age - you’ve got it! Elaborate fantasy setting- check! Compelling characters you’ll cry with - you bet! Happy reading, my friend!
I enjoyed book 1 so much I'm already seeing how I can fit Liveship into 2021.
@@mikesbookreviews Now that’s awesome news!!!
I usually don't read two books in the same series back to back, to not burn out, but yesterday I read the last 150 pages of assissins apprentice in Basically one sitting, and just started royal assassin today, and I'm already fully invested in the world, I don't even care what Fitz does, I just love reading whatever he's doing
Regarding Farseer not being dense like Malazan, it's not such a complicated story but it's definitely dense. The main aspect of Hobb's work is the emotional turmoil of characters and their complicated relationships with each other. There is weight in each sentence and character interaction. Savouring that is the best part of this series.
Yeah I found Royal Assassin to be one of the densest reads I’ve ever had with all the emotional turmoil picked into it
In my opinion, the best fantasy writer today. I started reading her 25 years ago, and I still find her to be the best in writing, characters and world building. Fitz is one of the best characters, and her "bad" guys are those that I still hate the most. And, of course, she has the BEST wolf character ever. Hands down.
Because you know her work so well, what do you think is it matter what trilogy do i start with? And if no which is the best in your opinion?
@@sebastian-jl8ck Just start at the beginning with Assassin's apprentice. They're all chronological so you'd miss a lot if you start with a later trilogy.
May'be start Liveships after the second Fitz trilogy.
Have fun!
@@sebastian-jl8ck As Jelle said below - start with Farseer, the chronological order is the best one. Liveships has a different set of characters, and expends the world, but I think you will appreciate it better if you read it after the Farseer trilogy.
In my opinion, you can start with the liveship traders trilogy before the farseer trilogy but publication order is still ok
@@ev3261 thanks man!
i finished assassins apprentice yesterday and its one of my top favourite books now
Realm of the Elderlings is my absolute favorite fantasy series ever. Hobb is unmatched when it comes to her character work. You’re in for a ride!
Just finished Assasins apprentice and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next one.
Hi Mike. Absolutely awesome intro⚔🗡🐺🐲 Realm of the Elderlings is one of my favorite fantasy worlds. I started reading Hobb books when I was 13-14 years old. They became my enduring favorites..I return to the world every couple of years.
That intro was incredible. Youve sold me on this series LOL. I've watched a lot of your videos and I think that was my favorite intro so far.
I would die for Nighteyes
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Yes Liveship Traders is indeed amazing. Can't wait to see your thoughts on Kennit.
aot is overrated
I’ve been reading fantasy since I was a kid and it took me me 20 years to finally try Fitz and the Fool. They’re honestly now my favorite fantasy books of all time. The last book I’m the series was perfect and the ending absolutely destroyed me. Absolutely beautiful.
Very very excited for you to get to these. She really is a master of character. I'm starting my reread soon.
Also in terms of characters eliciting emotions...I once burst into tears in the middle of um, an intimate encounter, because I remembered a scene I had read earlier that day. "omg are you ok?", "yeah, fine. Sorry. Not about this or you", "Wait...are you crying about that book? Now?"
The Farseer Trilogy was good , but I loved the Liveship Traders Trilogy! And I'm a little outside the norm here but I thought the Rain Wild quartet was enjoyable. Excited to hear your thoughts!
Hobb Hype!
Hope the intro met your expectations. I was nervous ha ha
@@mikesbookreviews The intro was very good. I was going to skip it, but I couldn't.
Started this year with Assassins Apprentice and should be finishing up Royal Assassin this weekend. Loving the farseer trilogy and Robin Hobbs writing so far!
I finished farseer trilogy this week and I am straight on live ship traders now I highly recommend
Great intro. I got a bit teary eyed.
❤ Robin Hobb's work - You'll love it!
Fitz is the best written character in epic fantasy period! No debate needed.
Mike, do not listen to anyone, this intro made me chills down my spine! I looove this series, and it was so good to experience the feel of it again :D Good luck with your Farseer journey, I hope you will like it!
I've only read the Farseer Trilogy for now but Burrich is GOATed
Realm of the Elderlings, specifically the trilogies that stick with Fitz and the Fool, are probably in my top 5 book series. I love, love the way Hobbs writes characters.
Don't believe what they say about Rain Wilds Chronicles - I thought that quartet was great (I only read it recently as I had been primarily focused on the story of Fitz, the Fool, and Nighteyes, but I wish now that I'd read all the ROTE books in order).
My favourite trilogy in the series is the Tawny Man trilogy....so good!!!
Agreed!
it's my favorite as well. it was the first time ever i actually cried over a book. like actual sobbing not just a few tears.
memory, sorrow and thorn, is one of my absolute favourite series ever. thinking about it now, that definitely deserves a re-read.
The first two illustrated hard covers are available in Canada, the the third one coming out in March I believe.
I adore Robin Hobb's works.
2:50 you could call us King's Men
I recently read the farseer trilogy and loved it; can't wait to hear your thoughts
I read AA this month and really liked it. I plan on continuing on. I know some don't like the 1st person pov but I enjoyed it in this story. I'm excited to continue.
Been waiting for you to start this magical world that Hobb has created. Hope you enjoy the journey Mike.
These intros are everything!
Wow mike I loved that intro!
Best content on the interwebz thanks Mike!!!
Started RotE last spring. Now, I've read 9 books by Robin Hobb and she's my favourite author now. Plan to read Rain Wild Chronicles February to April, reread Farseer in May and then, when done with my Abitur exams, finally read Fitz & the Fool🥰
I’m excited for you. Not sure where you heard that the 1st series isn’t great, it’s usually up there with Liveship from what I see people saying online! I mean all of them are good, yes even Rain Wild. What I would say is the first book itself is the weakest in the series. Enjoy!
At 9:15 or so you mention its not as character dense as WoT or Malazan and I agree. Particularly for this trilogy. Instead of going wide with many characters, I feel like Robin Hobb went very deep on a few select characters, which I like a lot!
A senior in 1997? Whippersnapper! :D I'm seriously considering starting my first Hobb series this year, if I don't get sucked into Sanderson or WOT first.
So excited to see you experience the Elderlings world for the first time.
If you like characters then Robin Hobb and Guy Gavriel Kay are the best. I go back and forth on which I like better but you can't go wrong with those two. Now start The Black Company! They're easy books to read and you'll breeze through them quickly.
*sigh* fine... I guess I'll have to add this to my TBR now. It never stops growing
Its worth it trust me Im almost finished with the last one. Amazing series
@@seekeroftruth111 I think the selling point for me is the discussion of character work. That's usually what sucks me in, a few characters I enjoy following and that devastation when something bad happens to one of them
I read the Farseer Trilogy in 2020 and I fell in love ! Plus I love your intros, they're always so epic !
I’m about to start the first book this weekend. Looking forward to it.
Can't wait for the review!!!!!
Shouldn’t be too far away.
Absolutely LOVE these introductions!
i love rainwild chronicles. the characters are typical Hobb characters that are so loveable . and the character
development in them is just amazing. i think people don't like that series like the others because it has YA vibes.
So far so good
noragami sucks
Royal Assassin is going to break your heart next month, in the best way possible. So tragic and so beautiful at the same time.
Liveship Traders is the true masterpiece of the series, though.
Loved the books about Fitz, but never got into the Liveship Traders at all, didn’t like any of the characters and was bored by the story.
@@willowweedsYT K.
I’ve read all three of the books and they are slow burns but the character and world building more than makes up for it.
The Fool is one of my favorite characters of all the books I've read and Fitz, I feel I know him better than I know myself, I love him.
The Rain Wild books are good, just not quite as good as the rest of the series, they're also very different. I'll be very surprised if you don't like Farseer, it's a bit slow but the characters are great and foundational to the rest of the series.
I didn’t wanna join the Malazan read along so I’m going to join the Hobb impromptu read along. I’m also reading the first law trilogy because of of your recommendation, loving it so far. I can’t wait for my books to get here 🤩
Intro is fantastic!!
Thanks!
I'm halfway through Assasin's Quest and it's amazing.
Cant wait until you get to Liveship Traders.
I know everyone is always freaking out about The Liveship Traders trilogy cuz pirates but if you want REAL, DEEP character focus and evaluation, The Tawny Man trilogy is where it’s at.
I usually hear one or the other is the best.
Liveship Traders is easily one of the best fantasy trilogies out there. It is some amazing story telling and totally memorable.
Awesome awesome intro Mike!! Welcome to the realm :-)
I am also going to start reading Robin Hobb this year, have the first trilogy sitting on my shelf, will be starting soon!
I love this! I'm reading the Rain Wild Chronicles last of all the series, because of my reservations. It did retreat from the main story, but I actually like the Rain Wild Chronicles. I feel it's underrated. I have a feeling you will love the character work. It is what gripped me to the series. I hope you enjoy it!
Her and Erikson are tied for fav author of all time!!
As always, great video and amazing intro! I read Assassin's Apprentice a few eons ago, and have wanted to complete the series for some time now. Unfortunately, lack of time was always an issue. I may try it again this year or next. Thanks for sharing this :)
Looking forwards to seeing you read this one. I personally thought each book was better than the one before.
Robin Hobb is my absolute favorite. And I would agree that you really need to read Liveship. I can't even put into words how unique and deep her books are. Also, Rainwilds doesn't suck! It's just different than the other books. Not as serious, I guess.
I love how you do excerpts from lines in the books you read. I'd be interested in a video about your favorite quotes, or favorite pieces of lore that come from the little info bits at the beginning of chapters. Whether it's from the trilogy or the whole series at the end.
Great intro again.
I rhink that you will enjoy most of Farseer trilogy. The good thing about Robin Hobb is that we can choose how much to committ to. I've read the two first trilogies and plan to read the Tawny man this spring. After that I'll choose if I'll continue or not
That was always my plan. Read the first one and see how it goes.
Exactly like you said. The Lady of epic fantasy!!!
I'm currently on the second book of the Farseer trilogy. I'm thoroughly enjoying it!
I should be getting there in February.
I want to Re-read Black Company! I read it once, so long ago, but never read the rest of the series! Been thinking about that, recently!
I read my big brother's copy of Assassin's Apprentice when I was younger (pre-WoT, post LotR I think), and I found it in the basement! Same with the War of the Flowers by Tad Williams, but I remember really liking it. Assassin's Apprentice, that is. I had also rear the second one on Kindle forever ago, now that I have the complete trilogy I might be due for a reread at some point.
Love your content
Thanks!
Gonna be fun to hear your thoughts on these series. Especially the Liveship trilogy is one of my top series ever, it's up there with Malazan, Song of Ice and Fire, and LoTR.
As for Rain Wild Quartet... it's atleast one (probably two), books too long. In it's defence, I really liked the protagonist Alise Kincarron and found her story arch really entertaining.
It´s an amazing story. Only get´s better and better.
Started Royal Assassin recently. My why I started to read is that I just googled finished fantasy series since I didn't want to wait for the next installment.
Hello Mike. I read Assassin's Apprentice years ago and personally found it boring and never went on with the trilogy. I'll be interested to see how you get on with it. I think the last straw for me was when I took a long look at the map (I love fantasy maps!) and realized it was just Alaska turned upside-down.
First time commenting. Love the channel.
I hope you enjoy these! I suddenly felt really old when you said the first book was published in 1995. I actually like The Farseer Trilogy the best, perhaps because it was my first exposure to Hobb. Second favorite would be The Live Ship books, then Tawny Man. I never made it all the way through The Rain Wilds or The Fitz and the Fool books, despite being really interested in the settings and lore. Perhaps Hobb matured as a writer in ways that simply stopped appealing to me.
Do you have PO Box? I really love the original mass market paperback cover of Assasin's Apprentice. It is good representation of Fitz and Chade.
Not yet. I really should do that.
I have read them all apart from the rain wild chronicles (I tried and skipped). I am really interested to see you go through these. They are brilliant. Such great characters
That excerpt though....I gotta read Farseer now.
I may jump in here with you. I'm totally in agreeance with character-driven stories. I started Malazan, but may have to shelf it and return when I am more ready for the task. It was a bit much for me right now being relatively new to fantasy, although I already have trouble not thinking about it, so I'm sure it wont stay shelved for long, lol
Farseer is definitely an easier read than Malazan. Both great for different reasons.
I haven't read Liveship Traders or Fitz/Fool, but I have read Rain Wild. I enjoyed it and had no idea that RotE fans didn't like it.
It’s all I’ve heard.
@@mikesbookreviews We only hate it in comparison to the fantastic rest of the series. I found Rain Wild and the last half of Assassin's Fate to be the weakest parts of the series, but that leaves a lot of room to be pretty darn good. Rain Wild was just a let down after the epic end of Tawny Man.
About time!
I was up until 3am last night finishing Assassin's Apprentice. So good .
As someone who finished The Farseer trilogy and is starting the Liveship Traders trilogy, it's hard to get into. I love Fitz and the way we learned of the world as he did. It immediately pulled me in and dragged me along. The Liveship Traders though is much harder to get into. I feel like there was a magic in Assassin's Apprentice that didn't translate into Liveship.
i know what you mean.. i had problems especially in the serpent chapters . but i still think the series got Hobb's best villain.
I loved the first trilogy...I think book 1 is the weakest- but still phenomenal! I’ve just started book 1 in The Liveship Traders and I already love this one...I’m only 34% in....hope you love them - I can see you being a big fan!!
I really need to make time for this series
That intro was so good :)
Robin Hobb is great. I read Farseer when I was in high school. Her science fiction stuff under her real name Megan Lindholm is worth the read also. Rain Wilds I think had more to do with her publisher, it was supposed to be a trilogy but the publisher wanted the last part split and some of the editing is strange, disjointed IMO.
Started Assassin's Apprentice this week (think I'm 5 chapters down) and have had a copy of Liveship trilogy on my shelves for a couple of years that I want to also get around to this year. Slow-burn can be a bit of a knife-edge for me and it's a real coin-flip as to whether I get bored; the first two AA chapters sort of put me off a bit as I wasn't expecting it to start *that* early in his life!
Love Farseer. You can do Farseer along with Malazan I promise youll be more than ok. I got my Wife to read it as her first ever epic fantasy series and she loved them and got through them no problem... even with it being her first. Im a character reader as well. Prince Regal ends up alongside Joffrey, and Deloris Umbridge as the most hated characters Ive ever read...
The Liveships is actually the series I like the least. The series where Fitz and the Fool are the main characters are my favourites, and I don't think the Rainwilds are bad at all. I found it interesting and there are a few characters there that I really like. To me, like you, I find the characters to be the most important. If the characters are bland or unlikeable I drop the books pretty fast, even if the story and world is epic. (sorry for bad writing, english is not my first language)
Oh man, if you like characters, this is for you
I've added this to my TBR 😅
I believe Fitz means "son of". It'll make more sense later. Liveship Traders was my favorite.
Fitz means "bastard of."
I read the first trilogy and probably some ways into the second while I was still in my late teens. I can confirm, I felt the joys and the misery. I did laugh and cry with the characters.
It's funny sometimes when you describe something and it sounds a bit lame when explained because you actually had to be there to experience it. I think R. Hobb does a great job in exactly that.
Have fun reading it, I'll be watching your videos with interest.
I look forward to the journey.
Got probably halfway through the entire series and ran out of steam waiting for the next book. Now that its finished I probably need to reread and finish, except I'm already in the Malazan reread. 2023 I guess.
By the way, badass intro!
Hello! In somewhat new to your page and always have been jealous of you background with all your books... could you tell me the bookshelf’s you use? I’m normally an iPad reader but I must get in your level of awesome
The start and end of Assassins Quest were great, but man I found the middle dragged something rotten. Still an all round amazing trilogy though.
As for a name to call us. How about the Hobbnobs? (A take on the British biscuit for the Americans out there)