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A review by alexblackreads
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
3.0
My biggest problem with this was the length. I like the characters Robin Hobb creates and her writing style is really great, but this book felt like it was going on forever and it dragged. There were so many unnecessary side quests that never came back to matter in the end and so many lengthy descriptions of travel. At least when I felt this way in book two, the climax blew me away. The climax was totally fine here, but nothing special.
I'm glad I got to the end and I did overall really enjoy this trilogy, but it didn't need to be as long as it was. It felt very nostalgic of the Tamora Pierce I read in my childhood and that gave it a lovely, cozy vibe too. I'm still very much looking forward to reading more from her and I've heard the next trilogy in the realm of the Elderlings is better, so that will be a project for later this year.
I'm glad I got to the end and I did overall really enjoy this trilogy, but it didn't need to be as long as it was. It felt very nostalgic of the Tamora Pierce I read in my childhood and that gave it a lovely, cozy vibe too. I'm still very much looking forward to reading more from her and I've heard the next trilogy in the realm of the Elderlings is better, so that will be a project for later this year.