The Farseer Trilogy

3.5 stars. Slow going, heavy character study.

I had a bit of a struggle with this (my first Hobb read) and unfortunately that's where it losing some star-points. It is very slow paced. Apparently, that's a staple of Hobb, though I didn't know that in advance.

What it is, however, is an excellent character study following Fitz from aged 5 to 17-ish(?) as he grows up the bastard son of a prince, learning the skills and politics to survive as such. I initially was expecting the childhood to just be a flashback but it is the entire book. There were a couple of small continuity issues that bugged me that broke immersion for me but bear in mind I can be quite picky on these things.

I do want to read more of Fitz's life so will continue the series, albeit with a faint hope of a little more action in the sequels.