Robin Hobb “Fool’s
Assassin” (Del Rey, 2014)
(spoilerific, read at
your own risk)
Unlike what seems to be the rest of the world, I have not
read any of Robin Hobb’s earlier books. I
know. No, I don’t really have an
excuse. I just never got around to
it. So I was psyched to get an
opportunity to read an ARC of her latest.
And I loved it.
Fool’s Assassin
won’t be for everyone. It is primarily a
quiet domestic tale set in a fantasy world.
Fitz/Tom is retired and living on a country estate, happily
married. But I was transfixed. Hobb’s skills as a writer shine, and the
world is rich and vivid. AND THE
FEELS! Maybe it’s because I have a
newborn, but the relationship between father and child is so wonderful and
real.
Of course I have to mention an interesting stylistic detail
of this novel. By alternating POV
between Fitz/Tom and his daughter Bee, Hobbs has functionally written both an
adult and a YA novel. Or is it that a YA
novel is nested inside an adult novel?
Regardless, it is intriguing and something that I’ve never encountered
before.
Of course the plot does pick up (significantly) at the
end. And now…. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT
VOLUME!! Yeah, I’m a big fan now.
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