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  • Fitz and the Fool, Book 3
  • By: Robin Hobb
  • Narrated by: Avita Jay, David Thorpe
  • Length: 45 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (673 ratings)

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Assassin's Fate

By: Robin Hobb
Narrated by: Avita Jay,David Thorpe
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The much-anticipated final conclusion to the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.

Prince FitzChivalry Farseer's daughter, Bee, was violently abducted from Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son, foretold to wield great power. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. It seems certain that they and their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river.

Clerres, where White Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path, has been corrupted by greed. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their torture of the Fool. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin Chade; Chade's protégé, Spark; and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee's only friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra, down the perilous Rain Wild River and on to the Pirate Isles. Their mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery as well as of reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks.

Startling answers to old mysteries are revealed. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach? How are liveships and dragons connected?

But Fitz and his followers are not the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. An ancient wrong will bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. And if the corrupt society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices.

©2017 Robin Hobb (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Fantasy as it ought to be written...Hobb's books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons." (George R. R. Martin)
"Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination." (Conn Iggulden)
"Robin Hobb's secret is not just the detail with which she depicts the Six Duchies world she has explored over 20 years...the feelings of anguish, ambiguity, fear and failure are as familiar as those in a novel by Jonathan Franzen." ( Independent)
"A little slice of heaven." ( Guardian)
"Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers...what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics." ( The Times)

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Annoying Performance

The series is awesome and I am loving the familiar characters that you get to meet again as the book goes on.

But, the performance is terrible. The male narrator has a very grating voice and makes everyone seem like they are 2 drinks away from hammered. The female narrator was the only saving grace of the performance, and was great at keeping each characters voice. But every time the male voice came, it was REALLY disappointing.

The only reason I continued listening was to get my credits worth.

Should have bought the book

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Excellent story, poor narration by Thorpe.

Robin Hobb's story is fantastic and Avita Jay does an excellent job but this audiobook is near ruined by poor narration and mis-pronunciation by David Thorpe (i.e. Mage Grey was consistently pronounced Mage GARY; liveship pronounced liv-ship). Considering that this is the 16th story in the series, I think it is very poor that Thorpe and the producers did not attempt to maintain some consistency.

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read like an infomercial

haven't even finished and I have to get this out. This guy sucks. why did they have to change the reader on the third book....ruined it for me. He reads it like a damn infomercial and he calls live ships liv ships. THEY ARE Alive therefore they are lie-ve ships. what a dense reader. Needs to go back to reading adverts not stories.

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story amazing, male narrator not

Male reader needs to learn English, story though was amazing and everything I could have wanted to end a journey that has lasted my entire adult life!

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Lovely conclusion spoilt by male narrator

This was a lovey wrap up of all our old favourite characters. I cried, I laughed and I was annoyed.
David Thorpe pronounced Liveships, Liv-ships, throughout the entire book, jarring me out of the story every time.
He also did at terrible job of Nighteyes talking to Fitz, often not changing tone or cadence between them so that you weren’t sure who was speaking to who.
It also irritated me that Nighteyes kept calling Fitz, Fitz, instead of Changer or My Brother probably exacerbating my dislike of the way David Thorpe narrated the two of them.
Avita Jay was great, and the story was great. If I could split the star review between the two narrators I would give Avita 5 stars and David 1 star. It truely intruded on my enjoyment of this story that much.

I have listened to the entire series however I would highly recommend buying this book and reading it yourself rather than listening to this performance.

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pronunciation

Love this author and series! Unfortunately there is a different male narrator in this one. He changes the pronunciation of a couple of names but most frustratingly he can't say "live ship" which he seems to say every few minutes at times. I know this word can be said 2 way, however there are sooooo many previous books he could of checked the pronunciation of a few things....drives me absolutely crazy when they change narrators and the new narrators change pronunciations of names etc

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A deeply moving conclusion!

Wonderful conclusion to the story of my favourite characters . So many feels. I am speechless, except to say that I am deeply moved. I can only count two authors who have ever written characters with whom I have felt a deep connection to, but Robin Hobb has gone beyond this with her creation of Fitz and Beloved. So human with all their flaws and failings, but yet so full of heart and strength. I don't think anyone could read their tale from start to finish and not be a changed person by the end of it. Magical!

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Fantastic.

The story was a wonderful and heart breaking continuation of the Farseer story.
Both narrators did such a good job. Highly recommend.

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Frustrating

While the story line was good.... The continuous self guilt of Fitz became rather annoying and unfortunately the author reading the male pay didn't help.

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I will miss them so...

A rather long meandering end to Fitz and the Fool. If it wasn't for Bee I wouldn't have bothered, Fitz and the Fool are just so annoying, but I had to see it through, we've been friends for too long, I had to know what happened.

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