Assassin’s Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 3)
up:: Books
- Type:fiction
- Author:: Robin Hobb
- Universe/Series: The Farseer Trilogy
- Year published:: 2011
Reflection/Review
With over 800 pages, this has been a massive book to read. What it does is that you really get to know the world well and the characters. The author doesn’t hesitate to include scenes that might not drive the plot forward but allow you to get to know the characters more.
The plot is compelling and took different twists and turns. The characters are absolutely loveable. I wonder if it would have been possible to shorten the length of this book. Compared to the first book of the trilogy (Assassin’s Apprentice), it is almost double the length. That felt incoherent to me in my expectatations.
Spoilers
Apart from that, the author skillfully pulls off an amazing fantasy epic. The ending is one that is both satisfying but also heartbreaking. At no point in the book is it foreseeable how things turn out. In the foreword to the first book the author talk about how she learned to let her characters go through hard things and for that to have permanent consquences. She definitely learned that lesson because dangers and scars felt like they had stakes.
What I will continue to stick with me are the characters and what I have lived through with them.
New Words
- Extemporise: to improvise, make up as you go