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Nevarre Goes Fitzy
Aug. 4th, 2008 10:24 pmApr 2008
Forest Mage - Robin Hobb - Harper Voyager, 2006
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And it started so well. Shaman's Crossing introduced a promising Victorian fantasy world and a protagonist, the pious and conventional soldier son Nevarre, who was at least different from Hobb's previous hero, the self-pitying Fitz. Unfortunately in this book all the original elements are thrown away and it degenerates into a re-telling of the original Assassin trilogy with some minor variations.
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Forest Mage - Robin Hobb - Harper Voyager, 2006
* *
And it started so well. Shaman's Crossing introduced a promising Victorian fantasy world and a protagonist, the pious and conventional soldier son Nevarre, who was at least different from Hobb's previous hero, the self-pitying Fitz. Unfortunately in this book all the original elements are thrown away and it degenerates into a re-telling of the original Assassin trilogy with some minor variations.
( Read more... )