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Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb

11 reviews

acoupleofapples's review against another edition

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4.0

A good end to the series but not what I wanted

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roaming_enn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"That's the trouble with making a decision. You never know if it's right until after you've done it. But it is what adults are supposed to do. Make decisions. And then live with them."

Thick: "So this was our adventure. And the prince and the princess get married and live happily ever after, with many children to warm them in their old age."
Fitz: "Perhaps. Perhaps."
Thick: "What happens to the rest of us?"

Fool: "Do you ever get over it? Did you ever get past it?"
Fitz: "No. You don't. I didn't. You won't. But you do go on. It becomes a part of you, like any scar. You will go on."

"He says that when you let go and follow your fate instead of trying to twist your life around and master it, a man finds that happiness follows him."

A spectacular conclusion to an amazing trilogy. I'm so sad that it's over. I'll miss Fitz as a 30-something-year-old like me. Now I guess it's time to wait for me to turn 50 so that I can read the final trilogy (lol jk). My heart shattered to a million pieces during the course of reading this and was put back together again with permanent scars marring it. I will never forget how amazing this trilogy was!

I do wish that

the Fitz and Molly renewed love story could have gone on longer, perhaps even given it a novella or something.

But in either case, it was a lovely ending that Fitz so definitely deserved!

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atalea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The ending was a bit drawn out but I loved the final final ending, so wholesome.

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talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

God. Probably the hardest RotE book to rate so far -- I loved the majority of it, and sobbed all through at least two chapters, but I have so many qualms with the ending (cathartic as it is to see Fitz finally truly at peace, it really doesn't feel believable or satisfactory for

him and Molly to get back together, let alone so soon; it just seems like too much time has passed for them to fall so easily back into it, especially with the recency of Burrich's death, and I have to wonder if whatever feelings persist are just love for the idea of what used to be, not the current reality, especially given how... tepid it feels compared to the literally fate-altering devotion in those chapters I cried over

) and enough discontent with how Thick is written (by far more nuanced and respectful than I would have expected of a character with Down syndrome, as he seems pretty objectively coded as, written in the early 2000s -- or perhaps even today -- but not without issues) that it's hard to reconcile those feelings. I'd feel remiss to pass either over for the other, so I'll lean closer to what I felt for probably the greater 90%, but I admit the conclusion does leave a bit to be desired.

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tracybach's review against another edition

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reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Slow book with lots of repetition as seems to be the style of this author, not as repetitive as some of their earlier works. Enjoyable for listening to while crafting. Plot follows Fitz through character development as an adult.

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