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A review by wildflowerz76
Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb
5.0
Fool's Quest is the second in the Fitz and the Fool series, but 15 in the overall Realm if the Elderlings arc. So I'm not going to bother recapping the plot for you. If you haven't read these go start with Assassin's Apprentice and thank me later.
I LOVE reading these books. They are long and take me way longer than a normal book, but I so enjoy them. I simultaneously can't wait to read the last one and am dreading it (because then I won't have them to read!). But I was annoyed at most of the characters in this one. They were all so stupid and selfish! The Fool, mostly, but also Shun, Lant, Chade, and Per. Taking people with you through the pillars is way more dangerous than going alone. But they all think Fitz should bring them with him. Never mind that he just wants to do this alone, but it makes it much more dangerous if he brings people. How selfish and reckless they all are! The Fool was his own special brand of selfish, insisting that Fitz drop everything to go on his vengeance tour, and then acting like a 5yo most of the time. Shun, of course, is just extremely vain and selfish on her own, but she did get a bit better in this one. I've also found it annoying how everyone keeps saying that Lant is so awesome, when we've seen that he's really not. Of course, he can grow as a person, but all these people say this about him both before and after he went to Withywoods and we saw that, while there, he was awful.
Anyway, I plan to finish out the series next month. The only ones by Hobb I haven't read are the Soldier Son books. I've heard they aren't great, but I love her, so I'll give it a go. That is, if Ingram ever gets them back in stock.
I LOVE reading these books. They are long and take me way longer than a normal book, but I so enjoy them. I simultaneously can't wait to read the last one and am dreading it (because then I won't have them to read!). But I was annoyed at most of the characters in this one. They were all so stupid and selfish! The Fool, mostly, but also Shun, Lant, Chade, and Per. Taking people with you through the pillars is way more dangerous than going alone. But they all think Fitz should bring them with him. Never mind that he just wants to do this alone, but it makes it much more dangerous if he brings people. How selfish and reckless they all are! The Fool was his own special brand of selfish, insisting that Fitz drop everything to go on his vengeance tour, and then acting like a 5yo most of the time. Shun, of course, is just extremely vain and selfish on her own, but she did get a bit better in this one. I've also found it annoying how everyone keeps saying that Lant is so awesome, when we've seen that he's really not. Of course, he can grow as a person, but all these people say this about him both before and after he went to Withywoods and we saw that, while there, he was awful.
Anyway, I plan to finish out the series next month. The only ones by Hobb I haven't read are the Soldier Son books. I've heard they aren't great, but I love her, so I'll give it a go. That is, if Ingram ever gets them back in stock.