#farseer triology

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what if I made a side blog just for rote only having read the first three books ,,,, would that be so silly of me (I am going insane I need to put my art and thoughts somewhere)

[vilyar]

please draw beloved with nighteyes!! i would love to see that!

have this doodle :}

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the gorgeous butterfly effect of stumbling across the shepard king duology which led me to the daevabad triology which led me the farseer triology. like i won. there is a god and he loves to see me win

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i would like to thank The Fool from the farseer triology by robin hobb for inspiring all of my character design for literally the rest of my life <3

[effallya]

just two pups

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The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy in pictures

Proceed with caution, possible spoiler ahead.

When Nettle hears how Fitz has been raising Bee (parenting is a hard job)

Fitz really disliking Fools other persona

Library of Clerres and a good part of the castle’s inhabitants 

Scrolled through some RotE post and realized that @mahalsbutt​ has already  done the Bee post couple of years ago. 

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Me, when anyone mentions The Fool’s love and devotion to Fitz:

[bellaroles]

Reminisce of the time a few years ago I hunted for these books like a hawk because goodreads rec. them to me. These were quite hard to get and some I regretted having acquired them lol.

Here some of the titles

The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope. I love this one. Very Rereadable. I also like her other book, the Sherwood ring. No regrets on these

An Earthly knight by Janet McNaughton. Nope DNF. (I was in Tam lin phase then lol but this one I shall passed) Regrets!

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. This is so fun. I may reread sometimes in the future.

The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan. I like the book fine but will not reread.

Time enough for drums by Ann Rinaldi. Right this was interesting for me but as the internet keep telling me the age gap in this one is bothering me a lot.

Keturah and lord death by Martine Leavitt. I couldn't really get pass the MC self consciousness and the way the story was told. Regrets!

Summers at castle auburn by Sharon Shinn. I love her Archangel book. (1 st book only) and this one also supposed to be without flaws. Only there are quite a few of issues that disturb me.

The Hollow kingdom by Claire B. Dunkle. Hmm will not reread. On the stockholm syndrome note.

A Face like glasses by Frances Hardinge. Was glued to the pages literally. Could not put it down. Felt the same thrills reading these like when I read Garth Nix's keys to the kingdom. Might reread but y'know it won't be like the first time ever again.

Dragon's bait by Vivian Vande Velde. Felt like a cliffhanger with no second book. Not that interesting. Regrets

11. The Blue sword by Robin Mckinley. Can't say I regret this but I'd felt that this should have been better. Not to mention the weird prequel book that I won't reread again.

12. The Belgariad series by David Eddings. Loved these while it lasted. I got bored with the second series. Not rereadable to me.

13. The Changeover by Margaret Mahy. Like it. Not gonna reread.

14. The Changeling sea by Patricia A. Mckillip. I regreted that this was the first Mckillip book I'd ever come across. Dreamy but not engaging. My favorite of hers are the forgotten beast of Eld, In the forest of Serre, the Riddlemaster series, and Winter rose.

15. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull. Very entertaining. I love it. Haven’t reread this since.

16. Song of the lioness series by Tamora Pierce. I was undecided about these. Well I like the Immortals better than this one. Trickster duology impressed me the most. Not regret these but still haven’t reread them.

17. Sabriel by Garth Nix. Special to me because I read this first on audiobook. What a thrilling experience. I was so crazy about the Abhorsen lore for months. Haven’t reread also.

18. Wildwood dancing by Juliet Merrilier. I was crazy about nearly all of her books for a time. Reread this along with Heart’s blood and Daughter of the forrest many times. It was good but didn’t really hold up to now.

19. Enchanted forest chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. Like but not love. I like Mairelon’s books better or even the sorcerer and cecelia book.

20. Crown duel by Sherwood Smith. Love the books though Mel’s impulsiveness irked me lots of time. The starts of my obsession with her Sartorias-deles saga. Too many books with vastly different target audience, I gave up trying to read them all at some point lol. Love banner of the damned and the Inda books though.

21. Sally Lockhart’s series by Philip Pullman. Yeah I like his spectacular HDM but I like these more. Sally is so cool. No regrets.

22. The Black magician triology by Trudi Canavan. Used to be my guilty pleasure. because of the ending I will not reread.

23. The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. Love these and the third trilogy also. Regret reading the second. Won’t reread because it was too painful. Also if I could one day reread them, I might continue with the series.

24. Earthsea cycle. By Ursula K. Le Guin. Favorite series. Reread many times. Will continue to recommend them.

25. Mistborn series. By Brandon Sanderson. Love these but won’t reread because I can’t go thru all of that again.

26. The chronicle of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. Read on audiobook. Like them but haven’t reread since.

27. Lumatere chronicles by Melina Marchetta. So intense lol, it was good but I won’t go thru all that again.

30. Tales from the flat earth by Tanith lee. Did not regret. So dark and arabian-ish. I especially love Simmu’s stories and Chuz. Her B&B retelling in Red as blood is also my fav. So unique. But I regret buying her Claidi’s journals and Paradys books.

31. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner. So pretty cover. The stories was good for my teen years. Did not reread since.

32. A Company of swans by Eva Ibbotson. Gosh this was unexpectedly cute. So many weird things but still it works for me. Haven’t reread.

33. The Ivy tree by Mary Stewart. This book lied to me! I was so obsessed with the pseudo amnesia thing. First read on audiobook. One time is enough because the suspense can be experienced only one time.

34. The Seer and the sword by Victoria Hanley. Regrets. The plot was supposedly engaging but I couldn’t care less.

35. The Blue castle by L.M. Montgomery. Beautiful prose. Like the plot very much. Now if I could really find the time to read Anne of green gables.

36. Book of a thousand days by Shannon Hale. Nice. Can’t remember much but I like this enough to draw a doodle. I like her Austenland better. That was hilarious.

37. Narnia books by C.S. Lewis. I love these esp. the Dawn trader one. Haven’t reread yet.

39. The savage Damsel and the dwarf by Gerald Morris. Funny. I remembered that much.

Other books I regret are The books of Pelinor by Alison Croggon. Darkangel triology by Meredith Ann Pierce. Knight and Rogue by Hilari Bell, A college of magics by Caroline Stevermer, Riverside by Ellen Kushner.

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what are your favorite books?? sort of off topic but i feel like you can tell alot about a writer based on what they read

Hnfgh I'm so bad at narrowing down faves but okay, okay so like - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami? That one is always going to have a special place in my heart. It's an easy top answer for me, though several of his other books, like IQ84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, are near and dear too. But Kafka was the first I read by him and, well. That kind of thing sticks.

If you asked me in my early teens I would have picked the Song of the Lioness serie by Tamora Pierce as well as Howl's Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci serie by Diana Wynne Jones I suspect? Oh! And Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle. I also read Robin Hobb's the Farseer Triology a lot (though it was split into four books in the translated version).

(Niklas Krog's Triologin om Frihetskrigen is worth a mention too. I dearly wish they would have been translated into English because I can't really get around to reading Swedish books anymore. I take obsessively good care of my books but that triology is read to yellow and fading pages bcs of how much I loved them).

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Rules: tag 9 people you’d like to know better/catch up with.

Tagged by @old-long-john (thanks lovely)

Last Song: Ramunder by Garmarna, was looking into the history of this traditional but there’s not a lot of info to be found on the internet except that it’s adapted from a Danish song from around 1600 apparently and it tells the story of a Viking going around kicking in doors, stealing gold and emperor’s daughters and chopping off people’s heads fuck yeahhh

Last Movie: I rewatched The Rise of Skywalker because I wanted to look at Daisy and John and Oscar basically and ship Rey/Finn/Poe real hard.

Currently Reading: Just finished the Poetic Edda and now I plan to see if I can find any queer theory essays :^) Also started book 2 of the Farseer Triology by Robin Hobb.

Currently Watching: I’m watching a Belgian Netflix series called De Bende van Jan de Lichte (or Thieves of the Wood), which I thought started out very promising, but am now nearing the end and I’m a bit disappointed with it. It doesn’t help that its premise is very similar to Black Sails, namely outcasts vs a corrupt elite/civilisation set in the 18th century (it even has a female outcast in men’s clothing with long reddish hair and a hat that half covers her face??? I see you, showrunners...), and I would have liked to see the oppressed and marginalized be given a voice and have their revenge in fiction at least, but it falls so short in that regard (maybe 1 person of colour, no gays to be seen in a 100 km radius, way too many old white men). In stead it’s mostly just empty grimdark bullshit, oh, it’s so terrible being poor/a whore/a woman/an invalid, let us show you how this poor man who cannot walk is gonna be framed for a crime he didn’t commit and tortured to death!!! and this sexy woman in her underclothes getting whipped by an evil man of the church!!! guys I’m rolling my eyes so haaaard!! But there are interesting characters like the bailiff and his housekeeper (I love that she gets to be involved in solving crime) taking on really awful and really powerful people and trying to change the system from within (heyyyy, just like Max???) while the outlaws are taking a more radical approach stealing money from the rich (hello there pirates of Nassau). It’s entertaining enough, though, and I like that it is in Dutch (don’t think I’ve ever seen a period piece in my own language that was decent), and that most actors are just normal-looking people (and not supermodels). I’ve not finished it, so it might surprise me yet?? I did not even mean to write a whole review but there we go.

Currently Craving: a break. just a break. from everything.

Tagging: @zwergenmaedchen @cabalakh @kashyyyyk @rainbowmurderfuckyeah @egsaurus @intricatecakes @riisinaakka @iresolatio @favouritealias

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Day 1: Best book I read last year.

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

#1 of the Farseer Triology, which is a part of the Realm of the Elderlings series. I included pictures of the entire trilogy, as it was near impossible for me to choose.

I have @imberantiel to thank for this series, and I both celebrate and curse her for sending my feelings through such a rollercoaster. 😂

I truly don't know where to begin. We meet the protagonist Fitz when he's only six years old, and follow him through good times and hardships.

And boy does this author know how to write interesting and dynamic characters. Even children, which can be really difficult to write convincingly to some authors.

So what does this/these book(s) offer? 

Well, to go with the clichés: This universe have magic, there’s mystery, friendship, alliances, betrayal, love, and a really, really food-loving boy who eats almost anything he comes across. 

But most importantly to me, I really fell in love with the great characters. Some are strong in their different ways, some are weak, but none of them are black/white. Not a single one. 

It’s been years since a last came across an author writing characters so well. And animals too! Yes, animal personalities. It will make more sense when you get into the books. 

So, if you want to fall in love, have your heart broken and claw your own face off, I wholeheartedly recommend this series. 11/10. 

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Fitz and the Fool - literally like half their interactions in the Farseer Triology 

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No one is ever allowed to complain about Harry James Potter and his selfpity in book five again. You think that was selfpity?

I just started the second book of the Farseer triology and let me tell you Fitz Chivalry puts selfpity to a whole new level in the first few chapters.

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16 reasons the next author you pick up is Robin Hobb

16 reasons the next author you pick up is Robin Hobb.

Female author in the fantasy world. I know, I know.  You should separate author from work, but Robin Hobb is such a lovely woman and hearing about her farm always puts a smile on my face.

One trilogy has more female characters than male who all have such a range of character and even those who you would consider “traditional fantasy female” wouldn’t shy away from kicking your butt in her own…

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Get your high fantasy on with Geek Herring as we talk all about our love and respect for Robin Hobb and her 16 book epic, The Realm of the Elderlings. The reasons we truly adore these books might surprise you: they’re full of gender bending characters, moral decisions, LGBTQ+ themes, and challenging stereotypes. Don’t worry if you haven’t read the books yet – the first 45 minutes of this saga of an episode are completely SPOILER FREE.

In this emotionally charged episode of Geek Herring, we’re getting down and critical with a fantasy series spanning more than two decades. With overarching themes of acceptance, representation, classism, racism, duty, and prejudice, Hobb has created a masterpiece that will challenge your beliefs.

Open up to this medieval fantasy world and experience the LGBTQ+ topics, strong, evolving, and gender bending characters, and all the awesome female role models you could ever want in a book.

After the 45 minute mark with a SUPER OBVIOUS SPOILER WARNING, we head into the nitty gritty of the plot. Hear Amanda get all super choked up, Monika get riled up over paternal duties, and both geek out over how much they love this story.

Have you read The Realm of the Elderlings books? If not – after listening to this show, are you definitely going to!? What do you think about the relationship between Fitz and the Fool?

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Read all of Robin Hobb’s books for yourself on Amazon!

The Farseer Triology

Assassin’s Apprentice Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

Royal Assassin Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

Assassin’s Quest Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

The Liveship Traders Trilogy

Ship of Magic Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE Part 1 | Amazon DE Part 2

The Mad Ship Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE Part 1 | Amazon DE Part 2

Ship of Destiny Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE Part 1 | Amazon DE Part 2

The Tawny Man Trilogy

Fool’s Errand Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

The Golden Fool Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

Fool’s Fate Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

The Rain Wild Chronicles

Dragon Keeper Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

Dragon Haven Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

City of Dragons Amazon US | Amazon UK

Blood of Dragons Amazon US | Amazon UK

The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy

Fool’s Assassin Amazon US | Amazon UK

Fool’s Quest Amazon US | Amazon UK

Assassin’s Fate Amazon US | Amazon UK

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[yuquiitas]

Think i made a mistake when buying fool's assasin not because i think its a bad book since i havent even started it but because i didnt know about the farseer triology. Going backwards here