A review by nexelle
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

The prose was nice. Found the world-building a bit boring in a way that it's a very box set medieval European fantasy. Nothing much happens except for like last 50 pages, we're just following main characters growing up.
I'm also pretty sure this book fails the Bechdel test (I only started actively looking for examples halfway through but yeah... It's visible it was written a while ago). There are hints at a queer character and a character with nonconfirmed gender. 
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