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Title: Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, Book 1) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-553-58244-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.49 (70 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: two thumbs up
Comment: Okay, here's the dish. This is one GOOD book.
I started out reading Robin Hobb's second trilogy, The live ship traders. After being thoroughly blown away, I read the Farseer trilogy. I found it to be completely unlike anything else I had ever read. She creates a world that isn't based on the great balance for good and evil, with the hero having no faults what so ever (He's an assasin for lord sake). Instead she brings upon a world where people are human. They make human mistakes and they feel human pains. I've cried far too many times reading these books yet I keep coming back for more with doubled enthusiasm.
The Tawny man opened a door I didn't think could be opened at this point. One can see Robin Hobb has only gained knowledge and expirience after writting the Farseer and Liveship trilogies. That knowledge is expressed through this book. It has all of the pain, love, sense of duty and realism as the original Fitz books, but it adds a greater sense of mystery and intrigue that we see with the liveship traders. All in all this is an awesome book that keeps you itching for more. It's beautifully written keeping all of it's secrets till the end, and some have still yet to be revealed. Bottom line: I can't wait for the next book.
I recomend this book for just about anyone, serious fantasy readers, and anyone else who wants to envelop themselves in another world for a time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: If you haven't read the Farseer trilogy my recommendation is that you read it first. Not because you have to for this book but because you'll want to. The incredible character and story development on which this book is built is simply too rich to step past. Having said that, this book is sufficiently apart from the Farseer trilogy that new readers can step in here. They will find a great book and one with less pain and desperation than the Farseer trilogy which is so much a part of the main character Fitz.
As Fitz and company seemed to be closing in on Price Dutiful it dawned on me that the predictable ending I was looking for was actually not in keeping with the Farseer trilogy and I felt compelled to finish the book in one sitting.
The Liveship Traders series only lightly touches this book and I found just three points that I wanted to look for when I reread the Liveship Traders series.
Fool's Errand seemed to be setting the stage for a sweeping tale in future books as characters and sub-plots come and go but unlike some trilogy books the story is whole and feels complete in this single book.
Rating: 5
Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Comment: Not since my teen years have I stayed up until 6 am to finish a book, and I honestly didn't know how late it was, I was THAT caught up in the story. If you liked the Assassins trilogy, or the Liveship traders, you will LOVE this series....be warned that you have to wait until Feb. 04 for the third one, and you will want it a lot sooner than that.
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Title: Golden Fool (The Tawny Man, Book 2) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 0553801511 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 3) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 0553565699 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 05 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 0553573411 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb ISBN: 055357339X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders, Book 1) by Robin Hobb, Robin Hobb ISBN: 0553575635 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 02 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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