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Summary: A solid, unpredictable ending to a brilliant series.
Review: This was one of the best series I've found in quite some time. I did find the first 2 books to be a bit better, but the finale is still a head above most current fantasy. Great characterization, original touches, and an overall sense of foreboding permeate this story. I won't go into details, as some OTHER reviewers have done-if I read some of these reviews before reading the book, I would be highly pissed-but suffice to say, if you like deep, layered fantasy, this series is excellent
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Summary: Disappointing '25 words or less' conclusion
Review: For the third and final book in a series - this was a let-down. Following the first two books which had built up a story that provided such intrigue and conflict and subplots - the Bastard, the Elderlings, the Red Ship Raiders, Regal, Verity - the third book was disappointing. The story that had built up carefully over the two earlier books, continued to twist and grow for the first half of Assassins Quest upon which the book ended. The hero didn't get his girl, the queen lost her King, the evil brother became the total reverse and the Raiders, well they were easy to dispose of. All up, a series that promised (and in part delivered) much, that seemed to be concluded and summed up too neatly in what seemed to be '25 words or less'
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Summary: WOW! THREE BOOKS, THREE WINNERS! WHAT'S NEXT?
Review: Robin Hobb definitly has the magic touch. Waiting between the three books of the trilogy was very difficult, but after each book I was even more impressed than the last, and I don't impress easily. The realistic world with just the right touch of magic and wonder made Fitz and the rest feel like the people that I've known all my life. I can't remember the last time I was as touched and moved by a fictional characters hardships. If the next book by Hobb is even half as good, it will be well worth waiting for.
BY the way, Robin Hobb is really the pen name for author Megan Lindholm. She has several other books published, unfortunatly, only one-GYPSY, is currently in print. I have verified this through several sources, the easiest to get is THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY, which lists all her other titles and a brief bio. Hopefully we will see her others come back, as well as plenty of new ones.
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Summary: One of the best series ever comes to a hasty conclusion
Review: The first two books of the series Assassin's Apprentice and Royal Assassin were at the top of my list for recommended reading. Assassin's Quest carries this excellent work in the same direction until it hits a brick wall with a hasty and arttifical ending. All the wonderful plot and storylines are hashed together in an abrupt end that wraps it up with sickening suddenness. This story could have gone on easily to three or four more volumes without losing the essence and integrity of the plot. I still will recommend Hobb as a first rate author, but I was very disapointed with this last effort of her series
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Summary: Excellent Conclusion to a fine series.
Review: First off, some correction to some reader's comments regarding Robin Hobb as a male writer.
Robin Hobb is a pen-name for a female writer.
Bittersweet is the tone of this series. Victory
are not absolute, and a sense of sadness and sorrow run through out the story.
I wonder what she will bring on her next series
The Bingtown Traders.
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Summary: Excellent epic high fantasy.
Review: If you like epic high fantasy (Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Tad Williams), you will like reading Robin Hobb's Farseer series. This, the final installment, was an excellent novel and proved gripping, interesting, and seemed well-conceived. However, I would complain that so many of the plotlines and threads that had been set up in the earlier books seemed to come together too neatly. The characters remained compelling and the book remains a true page-turner (with a few surprises and interesting plot twists), but the conclusion seems forced, anticlimatic, and almost as if it were a deus ex machina-type of work with the author stepping in from behind the pages to give a nice, tidy ending. I would rate this book not quite as good as the earlier novels in the series, but still satisfying. I would recommend the series and this novel in particular as being first-rate and worth the read. I look forward to future Hobb novels.
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Summary: This extremely engaging series ends rather...differently.
Review: With Assassin's Apprentice we met and fell in love with Hobb's characters. In Royal Assassin, Fitz the Bastard Prince
came into his manhood and we were there with him, encouraging
him when he was down and rooting for him when he was doing well. In Assassin's Quest, we re-met the new Fitz.
This is a new Fitz and he is even more likeable and understandable. Even all the old reasons for hating the villains
of the series come into question. If books that are unpredictable and fascinating are to your taste, this book's for You!
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Summary: Assassin's quest was a bit of a let down
Review: I know a lot of people tend to get defensive when their favorite author, actor, etc. is critiqued so no doubt some will be offended by this review but oh well. First off like many have stated before the book easily is 100-200 pages to long. The search for Verity really dragged along for longer than it should have. But despite the length of this final book it was'nt completely bad. My biggest complaint was the way the story was wrapped up. The outcome of Regal, Verity, the mystery of the Red ships and a few other areas were really poorly done in my opinion. In fact in regards to the ending the only thing that wrapped the way that it should have been is Fitz and Molly's relationship. Outside of that the ending appeared to rushed with not a lot of thought put into it. I almost gagged on those last couple of chapters. However I still would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the first 2 books (which were remarkable). Since Hobb is still essentially a new writer its understandable how perhaps the conclusion of her first series could be a bit awkward. I just hope George RR Martin does'nt follow the same path when eventually concludes his series.
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Summary: Deus ex Machina
Review: The subject sums it all up. I think that Robin Hobb was written into a corner and had no way out but this ridiculous ending. The first two books in this series were great, and most of the third, but I just can't forgive the end. It reminds me of Neal Stephenson's abrupt finish at the end of Cryptonomicon or The Diamond Age, but without any of the subtlety or polish that take his sudden endings and turn them into gems. A disappointing conclusion to a fantastic trilogy.
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Summary: When fantasy turns into a nightmare...
Review: Good concept, bad execution. I've never read a fantasy where the gender of the author comes through so strongly as this. The hero, Fitz, spends so much time in ponderous thought about his feelings, friendships, love, etc. that I find his character unplausible and very annoying. This might as well be a cheeky romance novel. The character of Regal is an evil man cliché and is completely predictable. The introduction to each chapter in each book is so repetitive, it insults the intelligence. I really don't see why entries in Fitz' journal keep repeating themselves throughout the trilogy. The character that most redeems the story is Nighteyes, the wolf, with his simple yet profound philosophy on life and brotherhood.
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