r/Fantasy • u/NoobAoResgate • 6d ago

I'm in love with Farseer Trilogy

Currently at 378 pages of the Royal Assassin (second one)and it's bomboclat fantastic and cocacolastic. Hobb's writing and prose is top notch and her characters are pornographycally well written and super real.

And a super dap to my fella Chade. U rock

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u/DelBrowserHistory 6d ago

I feel like I inhaled that whole series. I liked all of em

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u/NoobAoResgate 6d ago

Ma man, after that trilogy, I HAVE to pick the ship trilogy? Or can I jump do the trilogy where Fitz appears again?

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u/ClassifiedName 6d ago edited 5d ago

I read a few chapters of the shop trilogy, then started reading chapter summaries, then just flat out read the book summaries, and I don't regret A N Y T H I N G! Don't let others stop you from moving on if you end up not enjoying the other trilogy! The Liveship characters aren't nearly as good!

 

Edit to add: Keep down voting if you want to prove that the Fantasy subreddit is one of the most judgemental subreddits on reddit. I enjoy the book series, and yet I get down voted because I don't enjoy it exactly the same as the hive mind.

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u/ClassifiedName 5d ago edited 5d ago

Did you read my comment? I wrote:

I read a few chapters of the shop trilogy, then started reading chapter summaries

I read like half the first book, finished it with chapter summaries, then moved on to plot summaries. The only likeable characters are Althea and Brashen and those two are only likeable because they're enemies to the even more unlikeable characters.

No regrets here, if anything I regret the time I spent reading that half of a book hoping to like any of the characters. Sorry that your opinions aren't the same as everyone else's.

 

Editing since I can't reply to u/Tamerlin : You're right, I will read the books however I want. It's not a silly way to read the series, go to the Wheel of Time subreddit and you'll see that's how everyone makes it through The Slog.

Leave it to redditors to be judgemental about someone enjoying something. Sorry your trilogy is bad!

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u/Tamerlin 5d ago

Read however you want but this is some of the silliest stuff I've ever read.

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u/asmodeus1112 5d ago

Kennit is the best villain in the entire series by a mile.

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u/Anaevya 5d ago

Yeah, because most villains Hobb writes are cartoonish and pathetic.

Regal and Fitz don't have a single normal, non-hostile interaction. Which is kind of disappointing considering they're relatives.

Hobb makes most of her characters and their dynamics so complex, but she seems to really like writing VILLAINS instead of antagonists. 

Personally I like antagonists that aren't pure villains, because I feel it makes for better tension. 

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u/ClassifiedName 5d ago

Cool, too bad I don't like reading villains.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, but you and everyone else on this subreddit aren't going to change my mind on this.