Loved itFool's Quest has a moment here which I would put in the top three reading experiences I've ever had because it's had so many books leading up to this one moment. And the payoff was unbelievable.
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Fool's Assassin (2001)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive (Duplicate)
- ISBN:
- 9780008195977
- Length:
- 689 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Loved itFool's Assassin by Robin Hobb. It's our first fantasy, so I don't have to think about it too much. This is completely and totally this one book, and I love it so much because of how it approaches grief.
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Loved itI read Fool's assassin it's the only one of the final Trilogy I've read at least and I cried and it was really good so I'm going to put it in the great read would read again
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Loved it2014 Fool's Assassin by Robin hob
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Loved itthis is part of the realm of the elderlings by Robin hob and this was written in 2014... I've never read a book quite like this where the entire book takes place basically in a very large house and that sounds boring right it's anything but
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Loved itI believe this is the second book of the trilogy and it was exceptional very difficult to read at the same time but obviously a favorite book of the year
Loved itYou guys will probably know that I did say that my second favorite of the year was her other book which is Fool's Assassin. I will still stand by that, but I wanted to only include one book by each author.