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because i've seen a lot of people mention it and i've never read it. i read the first book on my flight to hawaii and read bits of the second at night while there and on the flight home. i'm not finished with it yet, but i'm really enjoying it thus far. her systems of magic are interesting and i love the characters i'm supposed to and i love to hate regal and wallace. (as wallace is a slightly major character where i'm at in the second book.)
are hobb's other books this good?
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Hobb is in my top five authors and I think her skills at writing a character driven story are among the best in the genre.
Her other books aren't technically as good just because the Farseer trilogy is easily her best work but that doesn't mean the other books aren't great. The Liveship books are good and generally well liked. I liked her Soldier's Son series but I know some people who liked her other books and hated Soldier's Son.
I haven't read the Rain Wilds books because the series isn't complete yet.
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do they all take place in the same world?
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The Liveship books are in the same world but not part of the same story in any way, it takes place in the areas south of where the Farseer books take place; The Fool is a secondary character in them. The Rain Wilds books are an offshoot from the Liveship books.
The Soldier's Son books are a different world.
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I bought and read the Assassin trilogy, and I'm never getting anything else by her 
NOT my style at all.
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That's one less Christmas card I have to send.
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depressing story is depressing. i'm about 100 pages off the end of the 3rd book. i had to take a break from it cuz it was depressing the hell out of me.
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I think Hobb's biggest flaw as an author is her third acts. I think the third act of every book falls apart and the third book of every trilogy is the weakest. They are fine from a character standpoint but her stories seem to really peter out.
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yes. yes they do. i've all but lost interest in it and am only still reading to find out what happens with fitz and molly.
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Her characters are always great. Something about super depressing books puts me off sometimes though. But not always, I like Michael Moorcock's books for instance.
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Raiztlin posted:
I bought and read the Assassin trilogy, and I'm never getting anything else by her
NOT my style at all.
The Assassin trilogy put me off her too, I couldn't stand Fitz I got half way through the third book and never finished it (very unusual for me, the only other book I abandoned was an Innocent Mage and I've read literally hundreds of fantasy books). I've heard good things about her other books, but one bitten twice shy...
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what a terrible ending.
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Caoilin posted:
what a terrible ending.
Meh, if you read The Tawny Man, a lot of it ties together nicely. I read that then went back and read the liveship trilogy, and I can say that if I had to give one favorite series it would be those 9 books (closely related enough I'm just going to count them that way).
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no book has ever depressed me the way this series did. like it literally effected my life by making me depressed as HELL for days.
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Cao, ever read The Road? (not asking about the movie..bleh)
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I love Hobb's books. The magic systems and the liveships are really cool concepts. I encourage you to keep reading.
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vn_jurojin posted:
Cao, ever read The Road? (not asking about the movie..bleh)
i tried to. i think i got about halfway through before i gave up due to being bored. it took me like a month of reading it 2 pages at a time and then leaving it for something else.
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Fitz gets the crap kicked out of him more then any other char I can think of off the top of my head... he can sure take a beating lol.
The tawny man ties everything up and will make you feel a bit better.
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Caoilin posted:
vn_jurojin posted:
Cao, ever read The Road? (not asking about the movie..bleh)
i tried to. i think i got about halfway through before i gave up due to being bored. it took me like a month of reading it 2 pages at a time and then leaving it for something else.
I've read tons of reviews of that book, both good and bad, and the only thing I've never heard said about it is boring. I guess there's a first time for everything.
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