Fool’s Fate (The Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 3): book three of the tawny man trilogy: 3/3

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Fitz is torn between his duty to the Farseer throne and his friendship, though strained, with his Fool. This story took me in from page one and it's fabulous to be able to say that I started at book 1 of the Farseers and have followed these characters through 6 books now (some characters even through more if they've overlapped with those in the Liveship books). despite the few problems I had with it, solely due to the fact that I CANT STOP thinking about this damn book. I hoped that Fitz is going to realise that Fool is a woman and They Live Happily Ever After with a sense of wonder about each other and respect and exciting life.

The triumphant conclusion to the Tawny Man trilogy, from the author of the bestselling Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. Fool’s Fate is written in the first person, the tale is seen through the eyes of Fitz, and we know everything about him by now, his every thought, his every need and his every desire. Still, I liked how their second courtship played out, even if I’d have welcomed even more page time for them. We as the reader know what each of them is and waiting for the moment when they all will clash was worth it.

He has always been loyal to the Farseer's, but in this trilogy I think he realised that he is a Farseer too. This isn’t Brandon Sanderson level of magic systems, oh yes it’s intricately written and it has been explained more than a thousand pages throughout the series on how it works but I still can’t get over the concept that this magic is a deus ex machina plot device. So, not only does he need to live with the memories of his torture but he has to leave his best friend.

His intentions are at odds with Chade, who is determined to slay the dragon to secure peace, whatever the cost. The experience of reading of a Robin Hobb book is one to be cherished; there are no safer hands that you could place your leisure time in. There they must fulfil the Narcheska's challenge to her betrothed: to lay the head of the dragon Icefyre, whom legends tell is buried there deep beneath the ice, upon her hearth.He has shaped Fitz’s future, and he intends to shape the future of the world by resurrecting the remnants of a dying race: the dragons. She also plays with the advantages and limits of first-person narration in a way that’s so much fun for anyone who enjoys thinking about how stories are constructed. And then a sentence that is so meaningfully poignant (maybe not to all but it was to me as someone who had left their war-ravaged country) would come up that would resonate me with so hard, I probably was tearing up here at some point. My heart feels swollen looking back on the trajectories of these characters, and Hobb subtly weaves in so many broader ethical questions about the decisions that individual people make, and that humanity makes as a whole.