A review by chthoniclamb
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Reading this was like revising old friends from book one in the series. The main character has grown from a child to a young adult.  As such, he acts with annoying selfishness at times, which has me yelling at him and co plaining about him "letting" the antagonists win. He still is an earnest and (neutral) GOOD person. Hobb did a fantastic job showing how people's problems become more complex as they grow
, especially so for Fitz, who was born a royal bastard, blessed with both lauded and  stigmatized magic, and thrust into the responsibility of managing court intrigue
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 I've enjoyed meeting new friends who I will absolutely revisit in the next book and probably revisit in the next 14. Before I started this trilogy, I thought there was no way I was going to read EVERTHING in the Realm of the Elderlings universe. How did people do it?? Now, I understand. We love getting emotionally wrecked by Robin Hobb. 
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