Dusty Book Sniffers Book Review | Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Dusty Book Sniffers Book Review | Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Hi everyone, and welcome to Dusty Book Sniffers. My name is Nicole Reed. I will be sharing my thoughts on Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb in today's video with you. So let's get into it.

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[VadaniaSilverscribe]

1:23 and all my questions are answered! 😅🤣 It will arrive tomorrow hopefully! I can't wait to start this book too! 🤩

[derrisreaditbefore]

Hi Nicole,
I'm *SO* happy you enjoyed book 1 🥰
A few answers... and please feel free to hit me up in discord if things are throwing you as you go, I LOVE talking about these books, and spoiler-free-helping has become my specialty 🤐
The naming conventions among the nobility goes back to the founding of the Kingdom, and children are named with the virtue the parents hope they will come to embody. There is a ceremony that 'bonds' the name to the child, but it's held in secret, so no once can assume the name WILL match the character. I think we're safe to assume that Shrewd, Chivalry, and earlier kings held to their names.
Patience (Prince Chivalry's wife) hadn't produced an heir during their marriage, and Fitz' existence proves that the fertility concern is with her, and she doesn't cope at all - with that and other pressures Fitz doesn't know about - Chiv and Patience abdicate their position and move to the country.
Forging is explained in effect, but not process. Forging removes the 'connection' that all animals have to other living things (empathy, sympathy), and is the element of life that Fitz feels through his Wit magic - making them invisible to those senses. They give no thought to consequence, living only for the 'now'.
The larger kingdom issues of the Red Ship raiders both is and isn't important to Fitz' story, so the answers to some things you'll get, and some you won't until Fitz' story needs them.

[TheReadingandWritingLife]

I really liked this one. I need to just binge the whole series.

[ChattieTheMadChatter]

4:02 - yes thats the new UK cover👍

Really good point about sitting and reading. This book is a real slow burn and if you sit abd give it time Hobb immerses you in her world and so then the emotional pay off hits hard.
Which yiu would not get from a chapter here or there 👍

[ChattieTheMadChatter]

1:30 - thank you for clarifying I was on tenterhooks to know 8f you enjoyed it or not😆 maybe becaus3 it's 6am and I am yet to drink my brew, but I am surprised with the large amount of relief I have just felt from hearing you confirm this and that you will get continuing! Yay! For another Hobb reader 😆😆😆

[solaland]

I love your book reviews. It’s so informative! I enjoyed the video very much. Thank you 📚📖😆💕🤩

[kellireadsalot]

She is wordy! I said the same. I am way more forgiving for wordy in fantasy and first books. Also, I don’t think we are supposed to understand what the heck is going on with the Forged yet either. If we are, big author fail, because I missed it too. I can’t wait to start the next one. July 1st of course leads me into 4th of July weekend, which thank the heavens means I hopefully can do some of that big long reading stretch thing you mentioned. Someone needs to seriously discuss reading marathons with my kids. It’s a sprinting household for now. 🤣

[GinaLuciaReads]

Interesting to hear your thoughts. It seems like you've had a similar experience to me so far. She is very wordy and it's definitely a setup book. Older political fantasy seems to do that a lot doesn't it?