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Robin Hobb - Soldier Son Trilogy

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  • 03-12-2014 5:30am
    #1
    daveco23
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭


    Any good? I've had Book 1 staring at me from the shelf for a while now & thinking of giving it a go..


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    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,402 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Book one was ok. After that... well, I'd be interested to see an alternative perspective, keep the thread updated as you go?

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    Starokan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Starokan


    I finished the series but I really did not like it , book one was okay, it would keep your interest but after that it nosedived for me. I remember feeling a bit disappointed as I think the farseer trilogy was just outstanding and I had read that first so expected more.


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    Spaniel heaven
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Spaniel heaven


    First book had great promise, then it just went ....bla


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    blackwave
    Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭blackwave


    Not a patch on the Farseer Trilogy. The first book was decent but after that it just ran out of steam.


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    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,402 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    blackwave wrote: »
    Not a patch on the Farseer Trilogy. The first book was decent but after that it just ran out of steam.

    I don't think it ran out of steam - more like the author had a deliver of some mind altering substances!

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    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    It was incredibly depressing, even by Robin Hobb standards, definitely her poorest work with a story that felt dragged out and a resolution that was rather obvious. The main character, who's name escapes me, had nothing going for him which didn't help create much interest in his story.


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    Andy-Pandy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭Andy-Pandy


    I'm a huge fan of hers. Lover everything she has done bar this series. I read the first two books, got 1/3 of the way through the last, got distracted and never picked it up. I'll forgive her though, can't fault may thing else she has done. Been listening to her audiobooks in work and enjoying her work as much as I did the first time.


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