Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)

Name: Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)
Rating: 4.498525142669678 (339 reviews)

Robin Hobb

Sep 2011 · The Farseer Trilogy Book 1 · HarperCollins UK

4.5

339 reviews

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‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. Martin

The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child’s name is Fitz, and he is despised.

Raised in the castle stables, only the company of the king’s fool, the ragged children of the lower city, and his unusual affinity with animals provide Fitz with any comfort.

To be useful to the crown, Fitz is trained as an assassin; and to use the traditional magic of the Farseer family. But his tutor, allied to another political faction, is determined to discredit, even kill him. Fitz must survive: for he may be destined to save the kingdom.

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4.5

339 reviews

Gabriel Palmer

May 4, 2020

The writer has an aptitude for emotionally engaging you with the main characters, particularly the protagonist (the use of first person surely contributes to this) and the political side of the story is intriguing and usually believable. While it's one of the most addictive page-turners I've read, it's also far too Dickensian for my tastes (trying not to spoil anything here). Quite depressing at times and I don't really feel like like reading the remainder of the trilogy as from what I can gather it just gets darker from here.

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philip relf

August 9, 2014

A bit too slow for me. Written in first person perspective which felt like the narrator was half asleep. Some great characters though and an interesting plot. Needs to find more charm in the characters to relate and warm to them. I hope it gets more compelling and exciting In the next book, I will give it a go...

8 people found this review helpful

A Google user

January 14, 2012

Its a good read but did seem a little slow for a few chapters near the middle where I was waiting for something to happen. Except for that, its a good story. I would recommend it.

About the author

Robin Hobb is one of the world’s finest writers of epic fiction. She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska, where she learned how to raise a wolf cub, to skin a moose and to survive in the wilderness. When she married a fisherman who fished herring and the Kodiak salmon-run for half the year, these skills would stand her in good stead. She raised her family, ran a smallholding, delivered post to her remote community, all at the same time as writing stories and novels. She succeeded on all fronts, raising four children and becoming an internationally best-selling writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington State.

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