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Summary: Robin does a good job of making an average boy come alive
Review: This series has got to be one of better ones. Its about a very average boy who is thrown into a Catalyst's life. He has a whole lot of gifts, none of which he becomes wonderful at utilizing. Robin Hobb has done a beautiful job of making the characters and plot vivid. The Farseer trilgy ranks up there with Tamora Pierce's books and the Dragonlance saga.
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Summary: Great start to a great series
Review: Robin Hobb gives us a very keen insight in the young Bastard and how he's being trained to become the Court Assassin. He's being taught that Royal Bastards stay alive only while they are useful and this is a basic premise to his character, which results in his complete loyalty to his King.While the series as a whole end in a somewhat rushed way, it is still top notch. Greatly recommended!
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Summary: Fantastic fantasy
Review: Hobb's Assassin series is not just a fantasy story but a story of a very real person. Hobb, through great writing, leads us to triumph or grieve with the protaganist, cheering his victories and weeping at his losses. Hobb also creates for us a new world that sweeps us into the action and excitement with every line, yet making it real and human with the characters' vulnerabilities. A great work. An ingenious literary creation.
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Summary: Assassin Away!
Review: I loved it! The tale of a bastard born by birth, growing up, seperated from his dog, then becoming the only thing a man could never wish for: an assassin. He grows up to be the most ruthless killer next to the King's old assassin, but then he is forced into the most difficult part of all: enemy pirates have developed a new way to suck the brains out of people but leave them living.
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Summary: This book is a must read for fantasy/magic buffs!
Review: Having read all three books in this series, I can honestly say that this is the best new fantasy series I've read since Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series. Robin Hobb (pseudonym?) has created a truely unique set of characters that have very rich qualities. Her unlikely hero is utterly fascinating and her use of magic (the wit) is a great new spin for this genre. I would heartily recommend this book for the following reasons: 1. Its stunning descriptions. 2. New & interesting magic. 3. Very vivid characters that act in very human (i.e. non-steriotypical) ways. 4. The whole spin on assasination being a profession is totally cool. 5. This is the first magic based book that I've read in some time that does not use the same old magic and monsters. In summary, if you liked "The Hobbit", "The Dragon Prince", "Wizard's First Rule", L. E. Modesitt's "Recluse" series, etc., you will probably love Robin Hobb's "Assasins" book. I know I did!
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Summary: Three cheers for a depressing fantasy trilogy!
Review: I read this while I was in bed with meningitis and a bad case of self-pity, and it really cheered me up (in a depressing kind of way!) Fitz is a character who is some way removed from the kind of tediously upbeat born-with-a-sword-in-his-hand type of hero you too often find. He suffers from a good deal of self-doubt, and his accident of birth seems like a curse that he cannot cast off, making for a gently melancholic mood. Some of the other characters are intriguing too, especially the Fool (who is developed more in the last volume of the trilogy). Almost the best fantasy novel I've read recently (the best was CJ Cherryh's Fortress in the Eye of Time, which also has a rather tormented hero).
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Summary: A bastard is chosen to serve his king by killing...
Review: This book is awesome! I was immediately hooked. The characters are real (I'm in love), the story is complex. The writing itself is good. I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: A well written chronicle of an unworthy protagonist
Review: I started reading this series based on the glowing reviews that it received in this forum. I continued to read the whole series because Hobb has a rich writing style. I was extremely let down at the end of the series because the hero remains nothing more than a pawn and a victim to the end of his days. He never utilizes all the skills and gifts that he is given, and doesn't take one proactive step the whole story. Really Mr/Ms Hobb... in today's term, how could a character with so much game turn out to be such a punk?
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Summary: Best book i've ever read
Review: This book was definitely the best book i've ever read. Keep up the good work Mr. Hobb!
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Summary: Review for the whole series
Review: The truth is this: Modern Fantasy bores me. It just does nothing at all for me. It seems we've taken one good idea, and made millions of books from it. But I picked this up anyway, I was bored, and had nothing else to do. I was surprised. Very surprised. Robin not only wrote well, she knows how to end a book, and a series well. All in all, it is well-written, well-told, and something I give to my friends and re-read. This is a definite compliment.
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