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Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 3)

Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 3)

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ended up disliking protagonist
Review: While the trilogy started out wonderfully with superb character development, Hobb seemed to go downhill with this last in the trilogy. There was so much put in to make sure that the reader truly disliked the protagonist (Fitz). I found myself continuing reading simply to find out the grand finale of the trilogy, which wasn't so grand once I found it out. I gritted myself through endless encounter after encounter and disliking Fitz more and more to get to twenty pages or so of wrapup in the end. And the wrapup wasn't the slightest bit satisfying to me. There were too many questions left unanswered. Altogether disappointing, considering Hobb's excellent start.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Better to be p****d off...
Review: For those reviewers who got their panties ruffled because Fitz and Molly don't live happily ever after...get over it. I didn't see any Walt Disney Trademarks plastered all over the cover of this book, did you? I'm not the author but I would have built up Kettle's role and let her come in and save the day with Fitz. The book didn't end the way any of us readers probably would have expected, which is good. Ms Hobb, I applaud you. You are truly a paradigm shifter. I hope to one day become published my self; if so, I hope my readers finish my book(s). Still pondering what I just did to my characters and yet still make it work. Bravo!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I DIDN'T enjoy it
Review: It is hard not to enjoy a book with great narrative, strong plot, unexpected story line.... and so many good points to make this a good book of a great series. I think I am too shallow to like it. I am not asking for a fairytale ending, not asking for a superhero character. NO, I don't even feel dissapointed when Molly is not with Filz but with Burrich. It is just made me uneasy to read a book about a dog-like mentality Filz. So loyal to his king, because the king fed him and trained him. It(Filz) been through lots of pain and misery, at last became a very timid dog(abuseb by Regal). Mature in its own way. Wise in a doggie kind of way. Quite natural for a dog to befriend a wolf. I am disgusted when Molly is bedded by doggie Filz. Glad when she is sensible enough to choose Burrich at last. Sincerely hope Nettles don't know her father is a dog-like man. I recommend those who enjoy this book read "CALL OF THE WILD" BY JACK LONDON. It is a more satisfying book about a dog.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Perfect! Well, nearly...
Review: This book is perfect. Apart from a few minute scruples: the absolute horror and depression acquired by the end of II was lost overquickly in III. This may or may not be a bad thing... but, having been left hopelessly depressed by the end of II (not only at the story, but at the thought of having to wait another six months to but III!), I thought that III opened too anticlimactically. A small point to dwell on, but there nonetheless. And another thing. III is far less believable than II or I. Here, magic plays an increasing part, and magic is a concept that we will never, as mere humans, truly understand; being buffeted with so many 'magic-systems' from every single fantasy book we read can make the whole thing a little confusing. Despite the fact that The Farseer uses a 'system' far more believable (and simple) than many others, the increased dependence on it to further the plot is something of a let-down. The plot itself presents a few dislikable fronts; the demise of Verity as a man I find horrifying, unsuited to even my morbid tastes; the Fitz-not-getting-back-together-with-Molly one didn't affect me nearly as much! And the final routing of the Red Ships, and the restoring of the Six Duchies' previous state happens in a far too rushed manner - take a few chapters, at least! But, despite all this, Assassin's Quest is a fine book, and a fitting conclusion to this epic story. And I hate to say it, but I did prefer II.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: I spent two weeks for THIS ending???
Review: <rant> I just finished the final book, and I'm totally depressed. Would it have been so difficult to let Fitz have Molly back? I kept reading specifically for her. Something about her character just really struck a chord with me...I was more concerned for her than for FitzChivalry, himself. I feel cheated; as though I spent every free moment of these couple of weeks reading the three books, only to have the final joy of Fitz being relieved of his many responsibilities and being allowed to settle down to an uneventful life with Molly and Nettle snatched away from me. It sure leaves a bitter taste in my mouth toward Robin Hobb.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Amazing, except the end.......
Review: The first two books were amazing. This was certainly very good, too, but the ending was disappointing. It was very dark and depressing. Even though i believe that this ending is more believeable this way, i do believe that Mrs. Hobb should have atleast tried to make a more cheerful ending, if for no other reason than to make the readers want to come back to this world and re-read all the farseer books. Some people have complained about all the loose ends not being tied up, or the story being too long and have too much discription. In truth, i think that the ends that were left hanging will lead you to your own conclusions as you see fit, and the details really make you think. This story is rather intense, and the characters and plots have a lot of depth to them. There truly is so much in this series that you cannot get it all the first time, and everytime you read it over it will give you more. In short, it is one of the best fantasy series i've ever read, and i've read a lot. It is truly sad that the ending wasn't a bit happier so the reader would want to come back........

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: What a shame ...
Review: What a shame ... Prepared as I was for the tragedies that Fitz would have to suffer, the intros of both preceding books were clear enough, I never expected this. That could be a compliment, since it certainly was not predictable. However I feel a little betrayed. I don't like dark fantasy and this last book came so terribly close. There are so many loose ends, the explanation of the major plot is weak. Then, why could I not put it down while reading it ? It could have been among one of the best books I ever read. What a shame ...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: excellent and believable
Review: An amazing story that concludes in a fashion that does not leave you with another 'everybody lives happily ever after' ending. Also has a magic system that is perhaps the most believable in any fantasy book I have read. All too often the use of magic spoils rather than enhances the read but not in this case.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: excellent end to an excellent series
Review: This book and the rest of the series are some of the best new fantasy that I have read in years. While the story may have a rather abrupt ending, I felt that if anything this increased the realism of the storyline, much like the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima quickly ended WWII, the elderlings intervention stopped what could have been a very long war. This series did not need to go on, not every writer is a Robert Jordan AND THANK GOD FOR THAT. This story ends quickly, but if you look at it, it really did not need to go on. In several other of the reviews people did not like the unhappy ending, I for one was rather glad of it. To many of the fantasy novels tend to end on a very false happy note. No major characters are killed and everyone has their hearts desire. While some novels needs this, this series did not. The story of Fitzchivalry did not lend itself to a happy ending. Because of his magic he was outcast from society, because of his birth he was an outcast from the only family he knew. He could not go back to his love because that would endanger her and his friends were truly better off without him. For this story to end on a happy note would have been a great tragedy. Fitz did not lead an easy life. It would have been almost impossible for the author to creat a story in which he was miraculously accepted back into the society that had thrown him out. The author is very good at knowing and accepting the stigma placed upon those who are different. The scene where Fitz is rejected by one of his former friends is a good example of this. To suddenly remove this prejudice and to have the people accept Fitz as a hero would have been more fake than anything the author wrote. More to the point, because of what happens to him he does not want to go back. No matter how much he might miss some of his friends, his psychological scars would make him an unwelcome guest. This might hurt him, but he knows that his coming back would cause more harm than good. This is an excellent novel that had the right ending for the way the series had been constructed. No matter how much a happy ending would have been heartwarming, it would have betrayed the story and the characters for it to have happened.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great writer
Review: I liked this book it had good things and bad things to it. I just finished reading it and can't stop thinking about it. She should write a book about Fitz's travels in the six and some odd years that it took Fitz to get back to Buckkeep. I thought she had a few to many bad things happen to Fitz but other than that she is a great writer


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