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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 […]

Is this the BEST Robin Hobb?! (Tawny Man #2 and #3)

Golden Fool (Tawny Man #2) by Robin Hobb

Fool's Fate (Tawny Man #3) by Robin Hobb

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I broke my foot last week and had to sit on the couch with my foot up and iced for a long time. On the one hand, having a broken foot sucks, but on the other hand, I had two full days to do literally nothing but read Fool’s Fate.  You have to read Golden Fool to get to Fool’s Fate, so let’s start there: Prince Dutiful’s betrothed, the Narcheska, arrives as planned for their politically strategic nuptials, but is acting real suspicious. She has […]

Fool’s Errand (Tawny Man #1)

Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

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My 2025 Robin Hobb Journey continues!  This trilogy starts after Liveship Traders ends. To really enjoy this series you should read the first two because it will pack a much bigger emotional punch; I would not recommend reading this as a standalone, just don’t do it. To start, we hang out with Fitz in his cabin, 16ish years after the events of The Farseer Trilogy. He and Nighteyes have carved out a peaceful life together and things are just fine, although Fitz is, as always, […]

A five star trilogy.

Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man, #3) by Robin Hobb

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I can’t even tell you how glad I am that I gave Robin Hobb’s books another chance. It was totally worth it just for this trilogy alone. I don’t even know if I’ve had a turnaround this notable on a fictional character before. After I finished the first Fitz trilogy, I thought I was done, that her writing was not for me, and that Fitz’s story was definitely one that just didn’t resonate with me. And then on a whim years later I decided to […]

“To recognize you are the source of your own loneliness is not a cure for it. But it is a step toward seeing that it is not inevitable, and that such a choice is not irrevocable.”

The Golden Fool (The Tawny Man, #2) by Robin Hobb

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Hoo boy. Yet another entry in this series has gotten me so involved that I can’t stop thinking about it, and also am upset deep down in my core at some of the heart-wrenching things that went on here. I truly feel these gifs are the only thing that convey my feelings: Thankfully, there were some heartwarming things accompanying the agony otherwise I would not have survived. I was a bit nervous of this one, because we were headed back to Buckkeep and to court, […]

I’m so, so glad I got back into Robin Hobb’s books. Totally worth it.

Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man, #1) by Robin Hobb

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It’s been a few weeks now* and I’m still trying to wrap my head around how much this book ensorcelled me, and how weird that felt after my (mostly) negative experience with the first Fitz trilogy a handful of years back. I suppose I should have seen this coming, though, with how much I loved The Liveship Traders, but a lot of things I didn’t like about the first Fitz trilogy were actually addressed here, and I’m sure there’s a bit of me in this […]



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