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A review by lurath
Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb
4.0
With this book we dive back into the world of FitzChivalry Farseer - and oh, how I missed the Six Duchies!
This new series picks up many years later and introduces a new POV character. That's right: Fitz isn't the only one whose eyes we get to look out of! I must say I was wary about the new POV character despite how much I loved Hobb's Liveship series (which is set in the same world), which to me showed she can juggle multiple viewpoints masterfully. It's always a bit different when the POV characters are told in the first person. I needn't have worried. The new POV is fresh and completly distinct from Fitz's voice. The added bonus to this is that we get to see that, yes, Fitz is an absolute single-minded doofus sometimes (i.e. often) and it's not just his view of the events that gave this impression.
A note to readers: this book needs to be a follow up to the others in the series. You won't really know what's going on, otherwise.
My main complaint about this book and the book that follows (as of writing this review the 3rd in this series has not been released) is that I don't feel a connection with some of the other characters, though that could be developed further later. Dutiful is the prime example that jumps to my mind.
This new series picks up many years later and introduces a new POV character. That's right: Fitz isn't the only one whose eyes we get to look out of! I must say I was wary about the new POV character despite how much I loved Hobb's Liveship series (which is set in the same world), which to me showed she can juggle multiple viewpoints masterfully. It's always a bit different when the POV characters are told in the first person. I needn't have worried. The new POV is fresh and completly distinct from Fitz's voice. The added bonus to this is that we get to see that, yes, Fitz is an absolute single-minded doofus sometimes (i.e. often) and it's not just his view of the events that gave this impression.
A note to readers: this book needs to be a follow up to the others in the series. You won't really know what's going on, otherwise.
My main complaint about this book and the book that follows (as of writing this review the 3rd in this series has not been released) is that I don't feel a connection with some of the other characters, though that could be developed further later. Dutiful is the prime example that jumps to my mind.