<evilstan> as promised, the fun begins.
first, gotta say, this is one of those evil books where i stayed up until 3 to finish the last 10 chapters. in the face of really needing to study for the psychology gre. so be warned.
ok, loved this book for a few reasons.
first, it's all epic and stuff - it's the first book of the third series (the seventh book of a nonology?) dealing with the same world and to some extent the same set of characters. and yet unlike... oh, say, wheel of time... it's not managed to get dull. this is aided by the overall structure of the series: the first three follow young fitzchivalry farseer, a bastard royal son, as he makes his way in the court of his grandfather and becomes apprentice to the royal assassin; the second set move about 2 countries south and describe several members of an influential merchant family as all kinds of upheavals happen; this third set is back to fitzchivalry but he's now in his 30s and let's just say the relationship dynamics of court have changed for him.
second, it has the most wonderful central character in the whole wide world. ok, perhaps i exaggerate, but i'm not even going to try to explain because i wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone who might want to read this. just trust me on this.
third, there's just enough homoerotic tension between the above character and one of the other central characters to make me glowy and bouncy. it's not crass, just really sweet. i'm praying that it'll be consumated in book 9, but i don't think that's hobb's style.
unfortunately that's about all the describing i can do because fool's errand is rather fundamentally tied to the previous books. but check out the farseer trilogy [assassin's apprentice, royal assassin, & assassin's quest] and the liveship traders trilogy [ship of magic, mad ship, & ship of destiny]. then look up this one again. and believe me when i say that even if hobb can't pick a good title to save her life, she can write a wonderful story. </evilstan> <!--2:25 AM-->
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