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A review by shandyt
Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb
4.0
4.5 stars.
The Longest Goodbye
One day shy of one month after starting, I have ended my journey with RotE. I have done the sacrilegious thing and read the Fitz books only, but I have no regrets.
Goodbye to the most beautifully written fantasy series I've ever read. With the loveliest prose, the most sharply drawn characters, and the stupidest names since the Dragonriders of Pern. FitzChivalry Farseer, you will always be my favorite POV protagonist. Despite your frequent moments of willful obliviousness, your poor choices, and your baffling lack of self awareness, I love you.
I made a good choice to wrap up my listen to this book at home, and not at work. Many tears were shed, even at the fairly lighthearted stuff like. I'll admit to feeling a little gutted every time . And I absolutely lost it when .
I truly have only one complaint about this magnificent finale to the series.
In the days to come, I may have more detailed thoughts about this book, and the series as a whole. Just know that I cannot recommend it enough.
The Longest Goodbye
One day shy of one month after starting, I have ended my journey with RotE. I have done the sacrilegious thing and read the Fitz books only, but I have no regrets.
Goodbye to the most beautifully written fantasy series I've ever read. With the loveliest prose, the most sharply drawn characters, and the stupidest names since the Dragonriders of Pern. FitzChivalry Farseer, you will always be my favorite POV protagonist. Despite your frequent moments of willful obliviousness, your poor choices, and your baffling lack of self awareness, I love you.
I made a good choice to wrap up my listen to this book at home, and not at work. Many tears were shed, even at the fairly lighthearted stuff like
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Bee meeting and loving ThickSpoiler
Fitz skilled and heard "My boy!" in the Skill streamSpoiler
everyone came to be with Fitz as he died, especially Kettricken, second-best character in the series. Yes, I like her even more than the Fool—especially in this trilogy. (I wonder... did anyone notice when Kettricken referred to Elliania's unborn child as her and Fitz's grandchild?) I just wish there had been more time for goodbyes before Fitz put all his feelings into his wolfI truly have only one complaint about this magnificent finale to the series.
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Why did it have to be worms?? What an ignominious way for Fitz to go. I think part of my problem with the idea of death-by-parasites is that it seems so unlikely to my modern senses. One big dose of ivermectin in the real world (or maybe a couple trips through the Skill pillars, which are known to abort pregnancies?) and Fitz's problem may have been solved. Why couldn't it have been a poison the Servants darted him with? Fitz and poisonings go way back, so it would have been thematic. The poison could have had the same effects as the parasites, and if you told me it was some fantastical, incurable toxin that leached into the bones and caused a slow wasting via internal hemorrhaging, I'd have had no trouble suspending my disbelief. Hell, make it magical radiation from the silver, or turbo-ebola, or even necrotizing fasciitis. But worms??In the days to come, I may have more detailed thoughts about this book, and the series as a whole. Just know that I cannot recommend it enough.