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Originally Posted by Iridal
 +1 !!
I absolutely LOVED the Farseer Trilogy, the Liveship Traders Trilogy and the Tawny Man Trilogy. As a matter of fact, I love everything Robin Hobb has ever written !!
I like that Fitz isn't a typical hero. He's human. He's a character I can believe in. He gets hurt, fails at things, makes wrong choices, ... I cried a lot while reading these books, but I also smiled a lot.
I disagree. Fitz is loyal, to Verity and to Kettricken. He would do anything for them. He would also do anything for Nighteyes. I thought his relationship with his wolf was really touching (although disfunctional at times). And he is really good at one thing: the Wit. |
He's bad at the Wit compared to those people he met in the woods. Likely because he had no training in it, true, but shouldn't he be good at something? He wasn't good at being an assassin despite having the best training one could ever ask for.
Yes, he was loyal. That could be considered a positive trait, but he had so many loyalties that he was divided. He threatened the kingdom by going with Molly, then left her because he was loyal to Verity and the kingdom, then retracted that loyalty again when he discovered his baby. Seems a little contradictory.
I can understand that people would like these books. However, for me, a perpetually flawed character (and dragging plot) is just not interesting. I liked Frodo's character, who was not superhuman by any means. I read and loved George RR Martin, and there are no superheros at all in there. The characters are just more interesting. Wicked, likewise (though the sequels sucked). And a message to all authors out there: a dumb character (or entire cast of idiots) is not an excuse for poorly hidden plot elements.