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[dewinged]

Okay, minor unfairness thing here.

Finally, something comes along on Fandom Wank that I would love to comment to and they're back to not allowing anonymous posting. I so knew she was batshit and self-absorbed, since I read her books.

Remember: Friends don't let friends read Robin Hobb (especially that Farseer trilogy. I would only recommend those books if I had stock shares in Prozac and wanted to get profits.)

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[speaks.livejournal.com]

I know its an oyster/snail thing, but I actually DID like Robin Hobb. I wasn't taking prozac when I was reading it.

I thought she had fairly realistic characters and they did interesting things. What more can I say in a book. Hobb is one of the few authors I buy in Hardback.

Just my .02

[elsewhere7.livejournal.com]

I read the Farseer trilogy. Now, conflict does bring story, but most of the series was just unending misery, and almost everything Fitz did made me want to smack him.

Then came the third book, where by halfway through it I was begging God to make me suddenly illiterate. It just kept dragging, and the ending just made me want to drink paint thinner in sheer joy (/sarcasm).

[razorsedge74.livejournal.com]

A character that you want to smack no matter what he does? I got the same thing from John Updike's Rabbit novels, though in that case I think it was deliberate. If you had any idea in your head for what the proper or right thing to do in any situation was, rest assured, the characters would do the exact opposite.

[razorsedge74.livejournal.com]

BTW, who the hell is Robin Hobb?