Fool’s Quest (Fitz and the Fool, Book 2)

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Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child? After all, you wouldn't want anyone profiting off hours of your work without naming you as the creator either, would you? I was weary of a whining young Fitz but this grown up man has put a spell on me and the more he tortures himself, the more I am in awe of him. This book tells us the journey of Fitz and Fool in quest of the "Unexpected Son" while the latter on his own journey to an unknown place. And as well as the appearances from the Liveship and Rain Wild characters, I was delighted to see Fitz reconnect with a long-departed character from the earlier Farseer novels.

At the start we have two very diverging stories that will wring wildly different emotions from the reader. Also, FitzVigilant has gone up considerably in my estimation by accepting so calmly that someone had tampered with his mind and volunteering to be the first to take the elfbark tea. Some people will think that Hobb is spoonfeeding you flashback events from the past so you’ll remember every event from Fitz’s past and ended up getting bored by it. Still, I guess getting to see her bond with Shun isn’t that bad… And Vindeliar throroughly creeps me out!I’ve also raved about Hobb’s prose a lot of times but I still have to praise it yet once again because seriously, Fool’s Assassin and this book contained some of the best lines she ever wrote.

No matter what you people say about friendly kisses, I still think the way Kettricken treats Fitz is super weird 😳 You can’t just manipulate him into doing what’s best for you and then start smooching him whenever something bad happens to make up for it! I have a thing for Robin Hobb's 2nd book in a trilogy, they are always my favorite out of the three or at least on equal grounds with the first book (let's avoid talking about her previous finales stillsaltyaboutfoolsfate), and this is no different except that ASSASSIN'S FATE BLEW MY FREAKING BRAINS OUT. Hobb brings it all together and provides a spectacular conclusion to the masses of build-up she has created. Or about Fitz thinking that the Fool and Nighteyes are the only people who really know him, even ahead of Molly. If it’s anything like previous third books in these trilogies, it will be devastating and magnificent.If Fitz and the Fool changed each other like dragons change their Elderlings, does that I can blame Fitz for how revenge-driven the Fool has suddenly become? This books redeeming qualities revolve around fleeting moments of action, a few fun surprises, and a trip that involved dragons. I finished this book feeling more in touch with Nettle, Riddle, Kettricken, Dutiful, and even the new Queen, Elliania. Also, while I’m still skeptical about the extent of the Fool’s vengeful nature, I love how he just casually touches Fitz all the time now and Fitz doesn’t think it’s weird. However, once she finally did pick up where she left off, oh man… Let’s just say this is the first time in my experience with Hobb's book that I found her book incredibly hard to put down.

I want to know why the Servants want to destroy the dragons so badly and how them kidnapping Bee will shape the future! Eliannia helps them marry, and recognizes Nettle and Riddle's unborn child and thinks it will be a girl. I love how someone rebuked Starling and forced her to include the Fool in the second rendition of her song.Since he is there, Chade puts him to work, and Fitz plays the part of a minor noble to explain his presence. Honestly, I was thinking back on what happened in this book, and if you break it down, there's not much to say. Just as the last book ended we begin this book dealing with an information disconnect between our two POV characters. A man on the doorstep of death at the end of Fool's Assassin to a man adamant to avenge the death of his child, we see a drastic change in him here. Those familiar with the series will find it familiar in a good way with enough new to keep it fresh.

Fitz putting Foxglove in charge of his guard is probably one of the best command decisions he has ever made. I've read the previous 6 Fitz and Fool volumes and loved them so much--the pace suited me even if you consider that 6 books do not two lives completely detail! In addition to all of this, Hobb really shines in her character work in some of the newer characters of this story and particularly, the younger ones.Luckily for me, I still have some books written by Hobb that I still haven't read, alas no Fitz and Fool book waiting, but I can always reread the earlier books with them if I want to. The range of emotions that these characters go through feels so incredibly real, and I struggle to imagine how anyone will ever top what Robin Hobb has achieved here. And on a related note to THAT, I am as ever in awe of just how intricately the threads of all the stories, lands and every small mention of a random happenstance in a scrap of parchment of Elderling scroll that may have been briefly mentioned seven books ago are connected. As the plot slowly spools out, it promises great complexity, and it is difficult to imagine that she will wrap this series up in one more volume.