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Fool Fate The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 3 eBook Robin Hobb Megan Lindholm Stephen Youll John Howe

I noticed when skimming the other reviews that a lot of people didn't seem to like this book. I was not one of them. Where some people found middle-aged Fitz annoying, I found him relatable. This may say more about my own personal failings than about Hobb's overall level of skill (I, too, struggle with letting go sometimes...okay, maybe more than sometimes), but regardless, I enjoyed Fitz as a protagonist in this book. I actually liked him much better than I did in the Assassin books. The character formerly known as The Fool (and by another name in another trilogy, if you're paying the least bit of attention) continues to delight, as does Nighteyes. Reading about both of them was like reuniting with old friends. Some of Nighteyes' "dialogue" had me literally laughing out loud at times. No, Kettricken doesn't get much attention, but that's because she's not a significant character in this book, and that's okay.

Hobb continues to expand her world-building exploration of the Wit and the Skill in this book in ways that intrigue and provoke reflection on a variety of topics, from small-scale ones such as personal boundaries in relationships to larger-scale ones such as how humans in general tend to "other" and find reasons to hate and fear one other. The tempo does start off slow, but that seems appropriate given that Fitz starts off arguably "stuck" in the isolated life he has chosen. That sort of life has a slow tempo built into it (as anyone who has lived in relative isolation can attest), so causing the reader to experience that tempo is just one more way that they can become immersed in Fitz's experiences- as I did.

Without getting into spoilers, I will say that even though I saw some plot twists coming, it didn't diminish at all from the experience for me. There were still parts near the end where I couldn't bring myself to set the book down, and had to read just one more chapter, even if I should have been sleeping. And there were parts where I cried. And kept crying, well after I'd set the book down. That might sound bad, but I wouldn't trade away the experience of reading this book for anything... strange as it might sound, I loved it.

The epilogue initially struck me as strange and irrelevant. At the time I shrugged and was just like, "whatever." Then twelve hours later I was laying down with a cat on my chest, just contemplatively looking out a window, and all of a sudden the theme hit me like a tsunami crystallizing on impact. It just all came together in a single moment, and shifted something in my soul a little bit.

Anything that can cause that is very good writing, indeed. Maybe I read it at the right time, and that amplified the impact. But it still had to be the right book, at the right time. So while this was an enjoyable escapist adventure in a detailed fantasy world (as Hobb provided in her previous two trilogies), it also tells what can be (depending on the reader, I suspect) a deeply meaningful and thought-provoking story. I expect this one will stay with me for some time.


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Fool Fate The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 3 eBook Robin Hobb Megan Lindholm Stephen Youll John Howe Reviews

I read the Farseer Trilogy many years ago and remember it as a beacon in a sea of terrible fantasy.

I'm afraid since then, having read the liveship trilogy and now tawny man, that I am again, cast adrift. I'm afraid to look at the Farseer trilogy any more, because I don't know if Hobb got worse, or my idea of a good novel simply changed.

Fitz is a character I feel Hobb tries to make you feel sympathy for as a flawed human, but it comes across as fishing for compliments. He's somewhat pathetic, constantly complaining about things that he has the biggest hand in. Are people really like that? Sure. But as the main protagonist, it's droll. I find the story from his perspective to be positively annoying. Hobb spends an inordinately large amount of time detailing inane things like taking a bath, but the parts that move the plot are done so quickly, or EVEN WORSE, some other character reports to Fitz what happened, and the event is not even detailed with the color or that other character's language. It's summarized by Fitz. This happens so often it actually makes me angry. I don't mind the daily life descriptions in fantasy novels. I think they are great ways to flavor the world of your story. But to make them a larger part of the text on your page is frustrating.

Hobb tries to make the reader believe certain things about other characters by having Fitz repeat over and over again what qualities Hobb wants you to believe they have. But without actually seeing those things, it comes across as hollow. The greatest example of this is his every word about Kettaricken. Kettaricken could be a stuffed animal that fitz keeps saying is so brave and strong, and I would feel the same way towards it as I do to the living breathing Kettaricken character. But there are others. Like Nettle. We get all these reports that she just cries all the time. Yet when we actually interact with us she seems capable, if naive. Also, why exactly does Hobb like to make her female characters known as criers so much?

Pale woman is 2D, boring antagonist. Why the Narwhal clan would think killing a dragon for her JUST for the ability to kill their forged family members is a good idea is beyond me. Hobb as Fitz didn't make a very good case for it, and neither did anyone else. Nothing suggested she'd stop preying on the clan once the dragon was dead. Even worse, nobody made the case that marrying the Narcheska from one hobbling clan in the outislands would be a good idea at all to the Six duchies. Didn't stop so-called master advisor Chade from being obsessed with completing it.

Ugh. I need to stop this review. It makes me sad.
While I don't love everything that happens in this book, I definitely love the series.

Set in an alternate world in a renaissance time period, it continues a story of friends, family, magic, dragons, and much more. While there might be many of these themes available, the Farseer and Tawny Man series definitely stand out in how you will fall in love with the characters and be engaged in the plot.

Of the "Tawny Man" series, which is the follow up to the "Fitzchivalry Farseer" series, this is the most action packed. The first two in the series were more of a set up of the end, as well as a reminder of what happened in the first series and a point of filling in some of the important details of the plot line that further develops the characters and gives you the "why" of many of the things that have happened in the past.

While the Tawny Man series doesn't get you quite as attached to the characters as Farseer did, it's definitely a must read to complete the story and will definitely give you both joy, sorrow, and a mixture of emotions as you learn more about the characters. It's definitely satisfying, though I'd say you really should read the first series before it. If you haven't, then definitely read it after. It's wonderful.

There are notes of the authors other series "Liveships" throughout the books that give you several peeks into the lives of those characters as well, which I feel adds a lot of flavor to the book.

I have read all three of the aforementioned series several times, with this one being read with my family aloud so that my husband can experience this wonderful story.
I noticed when skimming the other reviews that a lot of people didn't seem to like this book. I was not one of them. Where some people found middle-aged Fitz annoying, I found him relatable. This may say more about my own personal failings than about Hobb's overall level of skill (I, too, struggle with letting go sometimes...okay, maybe more than sometimes), but regardless, I enjoyed Fitz as a protagonist in this book. I actually liked him much better than I did in the Assassin books. The character formerly known as The Fool (and by another name in another trilogy, if you're paying the least bit of attention) continues to delight, as does Nighteyes. Reading about both of them was like reuniting with old friends. Some of Nighteyes' "dialogue" had me literally laughing out loud at times. No, Kettricken doesn't get much attention, but that's because she's not a significant character in this book, and that's okay.

Hobb continues to expand her world-building exploration of the Wit and the Skill in this book in ways that intrigue and provoke reflection on a variety of topics, from small-scale ones such as personal boundaries in relationships to larger-scale ones such as how humans in general tend to "other" and find reasons to hate and fear one other. The tempo does start off slow, but that seems appropriate given that Fitz starts off arguably "stuck" in the isolated life he has chosen. That sort of life has a slow tempo built into it (as anyone who has lived in relative isolation can attest), so causing the reader to experience that tempo is just one more way that they can become immersed in Fitz's experiences- as I did.

Without getting into spoilers, I will say that even though I saw some plot twists coming, it didn't diminish at all from the experience for me. There were still parts near the end where I couldn't bring myself to set the book down, and had to read just one more chapter, even if I should have been sleeping. And there were parts where I cried. And kept crying, well after I'd set the book down. That might sound bad, but I wouldn't trade away the experience of reading this book for anything... strange as it might sound, I loved it.

The epilogue initially struck me as strange and irrelevant. At the time I shrugged and was just like, "whatever." Then twelve hours later I was laying down with a cat on my chest, just contemplatively looking out a window, and all of a sudden the theme hit me like a tsunami crystallizing on impact. It just all came together in a single moment, and shifted something in my soul a little bit.

Anything that can cause that is very good writing, indeed. Maybe I read it at the right time, and that amplified the impact. But it still had to be the right book, at the right time. So while this was an enjoyable escapist adventure in a detailed fantasy world (as Hobb provided in her previous two trilogies), it also tells what can be (depending on the reader, I suspect) a deeply meaningful and thought-provoking story. I expect this one will stay with me for some time.