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Fool's Quest
- Fitz and the Fool, Book 2
- Narrated by: Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
- Length: 33 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin
Robin Hobb returns to her best loved characters with the second volume in a brand new series.
Happy endings never last…
Years ago, they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres, while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own.
Now, betrayed by his own people and broken by torment, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies. But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle, his young daughter Bee is abducted from Withywoods by pale and mysterious raiders who leave ruin and confusion in their wake.
Fitz must find a way to rescue his beloved Bee. At the same time it is the Fool’s fiercest wish to return to Clerres with the best assassin he has ever known, to gain vengeance and justice.
Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?
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"Glorious and beautiful storytelling from Robin Hobb." ( SciFi Now)
"Hobb seamlessly blends intrigue, action and characters who feel so real that they become more than words on a page.... Every second spent in her world is a privilege and a pleasure." ( SFX)
"Robin Hobb's Fitz and the Fool series continues to delight." ( Starburst Magazine)
"Another crowning career achievement in the lifetime of one of fantasy's modern-day masters." ( Fantasy Book Review)
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- C. I. Rees
- 12-02-18
Great combining of the world
Great story but in long running stories narrator's should at least be vaguely familiar with those that went before, some accents and pronunciations were very jarring
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- Mark
- 17-02-18
Fitz back on track
The first book in this trilogy was painfully slow and dull, this, on the other hand, is everything but. Finally a story that ebbs and flows, making you fall back in love with Fitz. I started this one out of a sense of duty to the trilogy given its predecessors lack lustre performance, but I'm glad I did and look forward to the finale. This is Fitz as it should be.
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- AnnaBanya
- 31-07-23
Superb story, as always. Narrators inconsistent through series.
My main quibble with having got this far through this incredible series of books is: WHY is there no consistency? Why on Earth are the new Elderlings now suddenly German?! Why does the Fool whine perpetually?
How difficult could it be to brief the (on the whole, excellent) narrators on what has gone before? “Here is how the names of characters and places are pronounced, here is how they have been portrayed in the earlier recordings.” They of course would add their own style and take on the characters, but hearing a ‘comedy’ German SS accent from a well-loved character is rather jolting.
I do understand that it might not be possible to stick with one set of readers, but to have them vary so very much from trilogy to trilogy is just hugely distracting from this truly epic journey.
It detracts from Robin Hobb’s masterpiece, and therefore does her a great disservice.
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- MR
- 13-07-17
very enjoyable
Brilliant ! nicely paced and well read, characters as always from Robin are excellent entertainment.
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- Gary O.
- 11-10-17
A return to form
nice to see a rich fantasy tale being told by Robin Hobb again after a couple of less interesting trilogys
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- 11thman
- 13-12-20
Approaching the end game
So I have followed the whole series from book one and the young Fitz given into Burrich's care to now over the last three months and what a journey with one to go. What an epic story so far. Fitz and the Fool are great characters but Bee (of whom, sadly, there was relatively little in this book) may outdo both. One to go. There may be tears ahead.
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- Philip Perkins
- 17-04-21
I lived at Withywoods & Buck keep
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lly enthralled in a great tale, sad I have nearly come to the end
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- Sam Galvin
- 28-12-18
Amazed
An amazing story that takes the characters to new places new adventures and more sorrow.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-10-17
setting up for the finally
as per slowly Building up to the finally with great depth. sul in coat where it is all going to end...
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- Colin
- 07-03-18
Warms up towards the end
This does feel a bit stretched out, and i agree with other reviewers that the Fools voice is annoyingly pathetic.
Having said that, I have just bought the next in the series...
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