Fool's Fate

, #3

Mass Market Paperback, 928 pages

English language

Published Nov. 23, 2004 by Spectra.

ISBN:
978-0-553-58246-8
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5 stars (10 reviews)

FitzChivalry Farseer has become firmly ensconced in the queen’s court. Along with his mentor, Chade, and the simpleminded yet strongly Skilled Thick, Fitz strives to aid Prince Dutiful on a quest that could secure peace with the Outislands—and win Dutiful the hand of the Narcheska Elliania.

The Narcheska has set the prince an unfathomable task: to behead a dragon trapped in ice on the isle of Aslevjal. Yet not all the clans of the Outislands support their effort. Are there darker forces at work behind Elliania’s demand? Knowing that the Fool has foretold he will die on the island of ice, Fitz plots to leave his dearest friend behind. But fate cannot so easily be defied.

4 editions

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

Last Dance of Chances

4 stars

By the end of the Farseer trilogy, I had come to love the Fool. That made this trilogy acutely painful to read. As the final book in the series (I read this before the Fitz and the Fool trilogy was announced), I knew I'd soon have to say good-bye.

The second book left me in a constant state of anger, so in a way the stress and despair I felt reading this book was a relief. I dreaded the titular "Fool's Fate", but it (and the aftermath) was handled well enough that it didn't rip away my suspension of disbelief.

The last two chapters were not the ending I hoped for, but was still better than the Farseer trilogy's.

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