{"id":3632,"date":"2013-07-07T05:41:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T00:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3632"},"modified":"2013-07-07T05:41:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T00:11:23","slug":"the-farseer-trilogy-by-robin-hobb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/book-reviews\/the-farseer-trilogy-by-robin-hobb.html\/","title":{"rendered":"The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to divide books into plot driven and character driven books. This is the second series I’m reading where the narration is in the first person. The first was The Black Company series<\/a>. Despite that, I found this book to be plot driven rather than character driven. There’s no doubt as to the main character though. FitzChivalry is his name and he begins life as a royal bastard and progresses to influence the outcome of every major plot for the next two decades or so.<\/p>\n

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The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Warning – I give away a few spoilers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s not your ordinary type of fantasy novel that’s for sure. The hero doesn’t get powerful enough to beat up the bad guys. The hero doesn’t always win. In fact, quite the opposite. Fitz is such a pathetic coward that it’s difficult for me to feel any kind of admiration for him. He’s trained as an assassin but is dreadfully incompetent. He’s just a lapdog of his king and prince and doesn’t possess any kind of courage. He’s also a compulsive liar. He lies for no apparent reason – or makes up convoluted reasons for doing so. He’s childish and stupid, failing to put together clues I figured out an entire book in advance.<\/p>\n

Specifically when he simply misses the fact that Molly is pregnant even though she all but tells him. I can’t help but feel that Molly expected him to figure it out. Sadly, she overestimated his intelligence. Fitz’s idiocy is only matched by the brilliance of the main villain – Regal. Using nothing but his wits and intelligence, Regal is able to manipulate everyone around him even turning obvious defeats into great victories. That guy should have been the hero of the novel.<\/p>\n

Fitz’s redemption comes in the form of his wolf companion – Nighteyes. Though they don’t meet till midway through the second novel. A lot of the humor, affection and plain common sense come from the wolf. Fitz just kind of blunders along borne on the wind. His cowardice is so rampant and absolute that I spent most of the second book annoyed and frustrated as Regal just dances all over him. He’s supposed to be the “King’s man”. That is a person totally devoted to the kind body and soul. And yet when he all but knows for a fact that his king is being poisoned by Regal, he does nothing. Each time he visits his king, he’s “shocked” at how much worse his appearance is. And yet, great assassin that he is, he’s too much of a pussy to do anything about it. Why? Because his king didn’t tell him to Duh! He’s the king is being systematically poisoned in front of everyone’s eyes and not in a position to defend himself. What do you think the king would want Fitz to do?<\/p>\n

And when the inevitable happens and the king dies, Fitz goes into a berserk rage killing two people in broad daylight. Some assassin! But more than anything else, I was frustrated by Fitz’s lies. He lies to his friends and his lover\/girlfriend\/wife when it’s painfully obvious that his lies are putting them off and turning them away. It’s one of the reasons Molly left him in the first place. Good for her! She deserves someone who cares about her and respects her enough not to lie to her about every little thing.<\/p>\n

In spite of all this, the book is a great read. You just can’t put it down. And that’s because the plot is damn intriguing. A few characters like the Fool and Kettricken are really well done. Regal also makes for a perfect villain. Petty, devious, and always one step ahead of the bumbling Fitz. Definitely a fun read!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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