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Summary: Extreme let down!
Review: The first two books of this series had me thoroughly intrigued. The combination of politics and fantasy had me locked in my room for some steady reading. Then this final book brought every thing back crashinng to earth. How could you rush a finish and ruin a series at the same time? 3 book limit from publisher? I hope so! I hope Robin Hobbs future contract or imagination allows for more books to do things the way they should have been, right to the final period.
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Summary: A long journey that the reading audience is invited on...
Review: The series was so damn good that I was somewhat let down by this book (the first time that I read it). I have since reread the entire series 3 more times (sometimes you just find a darn good series). I now have a different idea on the ending. It suits the book but is very bittersweet. No ridicously happy endings. This book is a serious conclusion to a very powerful series. I do reccomend it....
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Summary: How depressing can a series be??
Review: I gave this series a chance and was highly disappointed when it all came to an end. I found that I was so frustrated with the ending of this trilogy that I vowed NEVER to read another book by Ms. Hobb again. I give it a two star rating only because when it comes to fantasy she has a great ability to write a story that comes alive in the mind. But, in the end you felt like you had been robbed. Fitz was a character that you hoped would come out of this with a happy ending and not to spoil it but - he does not. You have hope for this character all throughout the three books -- but when the end comes you are left with a feeling of anger and dissatisfaction that you had spent time reading the entire series only to find it depressing and disheartening when you had finished reading the last book. I have read much better books by people like Raymond Feist, Terry Goodkind and Dennis Mckiernan. They may not have always had "happy" things going on all the time in their books, but when you finished reading their books you came out with a good feeling -- which you will not find in this trilogy.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: The best books transport you mind and soul to another world. Instead of dropping off to sleep, the normal course of events with most popular fiction, these books compel you to follow the journey of it's characters as late into the night as possible. Ms Hobb's books are a great place to hideout from the real world without feeling as if you've decided to watch cartoons or listen to teeny bopper music.
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Summary: WHAT HAPPENED!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Review: "Assassin's Quest" must *not* be the end to this amazing series (I'm sorry but I'm in denial). I have so many questions still unanswered!! I think Miss Hobb is taking the "keep your audience wanting for more" bit a little too far.Still, Hobb continues to write in a masterful manner. Her characters are dynamic and life-like. This is trully a work of art. I just wish there's a book four (fingers crossed)
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Summary: A Fitting Conclusion to a Wonderful Tale
Review: I often cannot find fantasy reading that interests me, mostly because of too many characters and to many volumes, but this series drew me in from the very first sentence. It was thrilling reading and I couldn't put any of these books down until I had finished them. The best part of it for me was the animal perspective. How many of us sometimes feel we share the "wit" with our pets? And haven't we often felt, as Fitz did, that we truly do not have a right to keep our animals as pets but we are blessed with them sharing their lives with us? So consequently, unlike a lot of folks, I loved the ending of this last book. I thought it went very well with the with the choices and decisions that were made throughout the story. When you think about what happened to Fitz throughout his life in the story, could it really have ended any other way? Who is to say that happiness can only be had when the main character "gets the girl" and lives happily ever after? While I do think that there could be more to this story if the author wanted, for me the ending was very satisfying. Regarding there being what seemed unresolved issues, I wonder if the author doesn't plan on revisiting the six duchies again in a new series with the son of Fitz. What do you think?
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Summary: Dull and convoluted.
Review: Assassin's Quest is the third part of the farseer trilogy. What started out as an enjoyable fantasy novel in the first book degenerated into plodding, dull and convoluted book inn the third novel. The author side tracks the story for no purpose and at points she only seems to be able to get the story moving by having the characters betrayed (by the second or third time I was letting "not again" to the novel. The other annoying thing about this book is that she absolutely ruined the main character Fitz. In the first novel you cared about the adventures of the bastard of the former king in waiting. By the third novel Fitz is a whiny sullen young man who has no qualities that are even remotely likeable. There were times that I wish he would die so that the novel would end quicker. The plot also left something to be desired. The red ship raids that dominated the first two books are practically forgotten in this book. Instead she focuses on the machinations of Regal. Regal's shenanigans are a serious weak point in the book. He is the traitorous half brother of the King Verity, but is also an egregiously stupid man. Throughout the entire trilogy I wondered how he got away with what he did. The only conclusion I could come up with was that the protagonists in the novel were stupider than he was. I finished this novel because I had spent such an effort reading the first two books. I stubbornly decided that uninteresting characters, dull narrative and incredible plot would not stop me from finishing.
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Summary: Did I actually pay to be depressed?
Review: Sorry, call me old-fashioned if needs be, but I tend to enjoy a book, or trilogy in this case, that has a GOOD ending. I cannot, in mere words, describe the utter disappointment this shoddy and ill-contrived "final chapter" engendered within me. I still frown whenever I think of this book; I felt, as a reader, cheated by the author. The plot went from adventurous to flat-out weird straight to contemptuous drivvle. The only reason I rated it two stars is due to the fact that the first two books were engaging. I stronly discourage anyone who doesn't fell like taking a mind-numbingly depressing jaunt through a literary catastrophe from reading this book.
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Summary: A winning classic
Review: As so many other readers have said, the Farseer Trilogy is a must-have. Ms Hobb has spun a most intriguing and moving tale. I salute her. Frankly, I couldn't believe it when the hero (FitzChivalry) did not reunite with his beloved. The scene where he lost her forever was heart-wrenching. I didn't think a fantasy novel would make me cry - I was wrong. On the whole, this is a tragically beautiful story that depicts life more accurately than any other fantasy epics: even heroes can't win all the time.
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Summary: Good start, depressing ending
Review: I read a LOT of books and enjoyed the first book very much just like I enjoyed Robert Jordan's first book in his "Wheel" series. But this series, like Jordan's, just got more and more depressing. Maybe life really is all that depressing, but I read to enjoy and relax, not have sad feelings follow me around hours after I put down a book. I will really have to check out reviews of Hobb's next book before buying any more of her books.
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