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A review by woahno
Epic: Legends of Fantasy by John Joseph Adams, Brent Weeks, Michael Moorcock, Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robin Hobb, N.K. Jemisin, Melanie Rawn, Patrick Rothfuss, Kate Elliott, Juliet Marillier, Carrie Vaughn, Trudi Canavan, Aliette de Bodard, Tad Williams, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Paolo Bacigalupi
5.0
For starters, my standard disclaimer: I'm using this space to review just "Homecoming" by Robin Hobb. There are other authors and stories in this anthology that interest me as well and hopefully one day I will get to them and update this. I really wish we could get a listing that wasn't tied to a particular publication but that is a pipe dream.
"Homecoming" is a novella that takes place mostly in the Rain Wilds. Lady Carillion Carrock is the only point of view providing the reader with diary entries nearly every day on her journey from Jamillia to the Rain Wilds. She is a woman of noble birth- as she reminds us frequently- and is thrust into a much more uncivilized lifestyle by this quest. She is one of those Hobb characters that annoys me greatly before experiencing lots of growth and winning me over in the end. In retrospect, I'm actually more in awe of how this was accomplished than I was while going through it. Hobb is a master crafter of character and this story puts that skill on full display. It also delivers some interesting world building. I was fully engaged while reading this and absolutely loved it. On to the Rain Wild Chronicles for me.
"Homecoming" is a novella that takes place mostly in the Rain Wilds. Lady Carillion Carrock is the only point of view providing the reader with diary entries nearly every day on her journey from Jamillia to the Rain Wilds. She is a woman of noble birth- as she reminds us frequently- and is thrust into a much more uncivilized lifestyle by this quest. She is one of those Hobb characters that annoys me greatly before experiencing lots of growth and winning me over in the end. In retrospect, I'm actually more in awe of how this was accomplished than I was while going through it. Hobb is a master crafter of character and this story puts that skill on full display. It also delivers some interesting world building. I was fully engaged while reading this and absolutely loved it. On to the Rain Wild Chronicles for me.