Name: Assassin's Quest
Rating: 4.176829268292683 (205 reviews)
ISBN: 9780007562275

Robin Hobb

A fantasy tale on a man who carves a dragon out of stone with which to defend his kingdom from enemies.

Assassin's Quest

Jasper

They sat side by side, my threadbare monarchs, throned in cold rock, a stone dragon at their backs, and listened to me.

Assassins Quest

Audiobook narrator made me hate this book :(

Elisabeth Thoresen

I enjoyed this more than the previous book in the trilogy and it was a fine end to the series. Overall, not my favorite series because I found it quite difficult to root for the main character. I like the world set up but wasn't very convinced by the writing style.

Paige Leitner

Zhomart M

This trilogy consumed me for several days. I stopped living my life, but instead lived the life in the books. This book is less about assassins and magic, but more about characters, relationships, politics, growth, hate and torture. In some cases you cry from wins, but most of the time from hurt and frustration.

Probably my favorite of the three so far just because Hobb does an amazing job of bringing everything together and satisfying several points really well. The second half is definitely better, in my opinion, than the first. 

Rachel B

Enjoyable fantasy series and good story. Easy reading but entertaining. 

Alex Johnstone

Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 3)

Prashanth Srivatsa

Fantasy the way it has to be written. Makes you fall deeper in love with the genre. The concluding instalment of the Farseer Trilogy is slow yet riveting in its build up to that epic climax that is made for heroes. Gnawing through loneliness, despair, hopelessness, love and dragons, Assassin's Quest is another peak scaled in the realm of the incredible.

Sade A

i feel emotionally drained now that i'm done with the farseer trilogy. 
For the final book i'd have to say it did feel a bit winding at times. There were some chapters were i was like huh?? what's the point..like the chapter titled "shepherd" or the earlier one where he met the ministrels before tradeford. But i suppose the quest like nature of the book, i mean it's named Assassin's Quest so i guess it meant we'd get to see every single part of Fitz no matter how mundane it may have seemed. 
I was sad though with everything Fitz had to go through he came up without much but it comforted me that there was always someone in his corner, can we please give it up for Nighteyes #WeArePack and the Fool even Starling sometimes. All in all great book, and yes in some parts it does slow but it is absolutely worth it in the end.
p.s: i still want to go into the book and shake Molly and say you never ever ever deserved Fitz, ugh!!

Rachel Kanyid

I am so in love with Robin Hobb's story-telling! <3

The 5 star system cannot give credit to this book.

Devansh Patil

Dave Perkins

Everything came together. Last 100 pages worth the journey of the first 700 🐺. Don’t give up!

Aditi

The first half of this really dragged. I understand the reason for it but that didn't make it any better for me. I liked the new characters introduced though not as much as the ones from previous books. The main romantic relationship was just as annoying as in the first two and I'm glad to be done with it. The second half was considerably better but the ending wasn't very satisfying. In terms of the magic, I'd hoped to learn as much about the Wit as we did about the Skill but that was kind of brushed over and I'm still hoping for more in the future books.

Brianna

The third book isn’t what one would expect it to be but neither has this trilogy been for me. Robin Hobb is clearly intentional with everywhere she takes us and I am rarely if ever disappointed by the end.

Cams Campbell

I really loved this trilogy when I was in my late 20s, which I now find strange as it was after my Masters degree when I would've said that I was educated. I suppose a 10-year career with the written word after my graudation and some experience of life have revealed this book as what it really is, a poorly-written and over-long derivative tale. 

It was the notion of the skill and the wit that intrigued me I think, and it still kind of does, as it makes me think about art and religion and spirituality in the modern world. But George R.R. Martin got there first, at least with the idea of bonding with animals, and I didn't know that on first pass with the Farseer Trilogy. 

So, why did I keep going with it this time around? It was probably intrigue about the dragons. I'm blessed with a poor memory, so I can reread books without spoilers! But the ending was rather disappointing. 

So, two stars. Not sure whether I'll read the Tawny Man or not. I did try the Live Ship Traders for a second time, but quit after not very long at all. Maybe it's time for something new. Can anyone recommend something? My favourites are Thomas Covenant (I know, I know) and Song of Ice and Fire. Something along those lines would be good.

Assassin's Quest

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