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Wrapping Up the Tawny Man Trilogy

Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb

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Two things: 1) Sometimes I think Hobb just turns to random pages in the dictionary to name characters. 2) I abhor the way Hobb sexualizes young teen girls. She did it in Liveship Traders, and she’s doing it again with Elliania in this trilogy. The argument that this is a medieval-type world and that this is accurate for the time period doesn’t fly because this is a fantasy world, and Hobb can choose whether that’s a cultural aspect she’s going to stick with. It doesn’t change […]

Keep the change

Fool’s Fate: The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 3 by Robin Hobb

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I am completely satisfied with the end of this trilogy but sad nonetheless that it is over. In Fool’s Fate, we pick up with Prince Dutiful and his coteries of Skill users and of “Old Blood” witted folk as they set sail on the Prince’s quest. In order to win the hand of the Narcheska of the Narwhal clan, Elliania, Dutiful has made an oath before his nobles and the representatives of the Outislander clans that he will deliver to the Narwhal clan the head […]

Fathers, sons and found families

Golden Fool: The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 2 by Robin Hobb

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This second book in The Tawny Man Trilogy was every bit as excellent as the first. Most of the action takes place at Buckkeep castle, where Fitz and the Fool grew up and first got drawn into court intrigue. Given the years that have passed and the changes in their appearances, the two men are not recognized by any who would have known them before, and the fact that Fitz is masquerading as Tom, the servant to the Fool’s Lord Golden, gives him further anonymity. […]

Hobb-a-thon 2026 begins!

Fool’s Errand: The Tawny Man Trilogy Book One by Robin Hobb

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My final 6 reviews on CBR17 were Robin Hobb’s The Farseer Trilogy and The Liveship Traders Trilogy and I LOVED THEM. I am fully invested in reading all of her Realm of the Elderlings novels and I am back on track with Book one of The Tawny Man Trilogy — Fool’s Errand. I knew I was going to love it because it features two of my favorite characters: Fitz and the Fool. We first met them in The Farseer Trilogy where their unusual circumstances threw […]

I Am Really Loving Older Fitz

Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

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It was so nice to return to the world of the Six Duchies. This one starts about 15 years after the events of The Farseer Trilogy, and I really like older, more settled Fitz. He seems more comfortable in his own skin, in a way, less likely to take crap from others, and more emotionally mature. He lives in a cabin with Nighteyes and his “boy” Hap and is relatively content. Or at least as much as it’s possible for him to be. Starling visits periodically […]

Yas, Queens!

Ship of Destiny: The Liveship Traders Book 3 by Robin Hobb

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Trigger warning for rape and gaslighting  Well, the Liveship Traders Trilogy was incredibly good! I would have to agree that this trilogy is better than The Farseer Trilogy, and I loved that one. Ship of Destiny tied up important story lines while also leaving the door open to further developments for the main characters later. As ever, Robin Hobb juggles multiple plot lines with ease and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat to the end. I have a new appreciation for certain […]



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