Farseer Series - Robi Hobb in general

Having just finished reading this for the second time around from start to end, I feel moved to tell the world just how good a fantasty series this first trilogy from Robin Hobb actually is. I cannot believe that there are still people out there who love fantasy but have never heard of these books- very rarely does a writer come along who can capture your heart so strongly with such intricate plots and believable characters. Hobb is one of those writers and with this debut fantasy series has proved above and beyond that she deserves to be one of the top selling authors of this genre. But what makes this series just so great? Well for starters, there ...

A brilliant first couple of books, let down by the third one. The third of a trilogy is very often a disappointmnet, so don't let that put you off reading them. If I had been forewarned that the last one would be something of a let-down, I probably would have enjoyed it anyway. However, without this knowledge and after anxiously presuring the bookshops for news of its release for months, I was unprepared. The first book was a complete surprise, selected more or less on a whim from Waterstones. The story - revolving round a bastard king brought up despised - sounds unoriginal. In fact, half a dozen other sci-fi fantasy novels have the same central story. ...

One day I was looking through the shelves in a bookshop and came across a book that looked interesting, picking it up and reading the back I thought it sounded a great story and decided it was worth a read but wasn't sure if it was worth the money or not so decided to borrow it from the library, a month later and I had read the first 2 parts of this trilogy and owned all 3 books. Despite the fact that each book got longer I seemed to read each one faster than the last and in the end stayed awake a full night to finish the last book, I was that drawn into the story. --Story-- Fitz starts life as a royal bastard, brought to the palace as a young boy by ...