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The Farseer 1.Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy)
by: Robin Hobb

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006480099
ISBN: 0006480098
Label: Voyager
Manufacturer: Voyager
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: March 18, 1996
Publisher: Voyager
Studio: Voyager
Sales Rank: 1257

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Fantastic start to an epic series
I am so jealous of anyone who still has all these Robin Hobb books to start. It is an epic journey which is beautifully crafted. Great characters and storyline. One of the best things about Robin Hobb's books is she takes the time to finish the story as well as she writes the rest of it and you feel you have been on a journey and weren't robbed at the end. Read them!

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- 90% feelings-10% action
Having read so many positive reviews I bought the 3 books.....what a shame ! The idea for the books a fine, but Ms Hobb puts feeeeelings in everywhere...the plot becomes tidious and nothing is happening without describing more feelings...in the end I "speed read" - one page in every 30 and at last, towards the end, hoped some action without feeling and some explanation to the plot story was given...I was wrong.

So I don't get the hype about this series. Nothing close to just one page of Tolkien.

On the other hand. If you like caracters that expresses feelings all the time, do not fight (very short and none-gory fights here in the books)and just can't get their act together - this series is for you.

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- Refreshing, original fantasy
I found Assasssins Apprentice, and the rest of the trilogy, a very refreshing read. The pace does begin a little slow and at times I felt Robin Hobbs did not have to go to the extremes she did to portray Fitz's utter loneliness, however after about chapter six I found the pace picked up and I was hooked into the book.

This is not a typical 'epic quest' based fantasy tale, Hobb does a great job of avoiding most of the cliches and stereotypes rife in the fantasy genre, although admittedly the antagonist can be a little flat at times in the typical 'bad guy' way. However, overall I think this book is worth reading just for Hobbs' skill in creating deep, dynamic characters that grow with the story. I felt a little distant from most ... Read More:

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- A brilliant read.
I am not the biggest fan of reading and don't read particularly often but I loved this book It did have quite a slow start but once it had started it was brilliant I couldn't put it down.

Don't think about buying it just BUY IT!

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- Atmosphere, Character
The words in the subject seem to be Hobb's forte. She is unrivalled in the fantasy genre for both. She creates a completely believable quasi mediaeval world without resorting to mind numbing realism or conceited grittiness, and also manages to include enough beauty and magic for it to be intriguing to jaded Fantasy readers. The magic system could have been cliched - it is not. There are real costs and dilemmas attached to the two magics in the book. You will not find fireballs or lightning bolts here.

It is a dark tale with troughs of despair and strife warring against the brief peaks of happiness that the protagonist is allowed.

The events and situations we find in the book are both logical and poignant due to the ... Read More:

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