Royal Assassin
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Young Fitz, the illegitimate son of the noble Prince Chivalry, is ignored by all royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has had him tutored him in the dark arts of the assassin. He has barely survived his first, soul-shattering mission, and returns to the court where he is thrown headfirst into the tumult of royal life. With the King near death, and Fitz’s only ally off on a seemingly hopeless quest, the throne itself is threatened. Meanwhile, the treacherous Red Ship Raiders have renewed their attacks on the Six Duchies, slaughtering the inhabitants of entire seaside towns. In this time of fantastic peril, it soon becomes clear that the fate of the kingdom may rest in Fitz’s hands–and his role in its salvation may require the essential sacrifice.
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I thought Assasins apprentice was an OK book, so I ongoing reading this one aswell. In assasins apprentice Fitz is trained in the arts of the assasin, and is also involed in the inner fight betweem the two princes. I assumed that in this book, Fitz would get a quest, to kill a name vital or something like that. But the book is really only about politics at the court. Fitz does do some assasination, but these are only told of briefly. All in all a dull book that is not worth reading, you will only get irritated at the extremly slow pace and dull plot.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Sorry folks – I could not disagree more with all of the excellent reviews I am seeing. This book is a let down and fails to live up to the first on many accounts. This is because the tale is COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, the leader is a frequent flier on “deus ex machina” airlines, employing it hither and yon to save her sorry and predictable plot lines and characters at the last moment. Redrawn history, convenient omissions – I could go on but basically the trade-off is not there like it was in the first book. Expect 90% bored frustration at stereo-predictable plot, dialog, character interaction (assuming you have read ANY fantasy, a child’s fairy tale, or even watched Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s) and only a 10% recompense mostly for the characters (still excellent) and some few plot surprises. I get the impression the leader did not expect to have such success with the first book, and so did a patchwork job of this one. If your cup of tea is simple black and white morality with a “Pleased Ending” then by all means delight in, otherwise save yourself the time (maybe the error was mine – but how was I to know this was a children’s book?).
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This whole series would have been cut really fleeting if one critical thing had been done right from the beginning. Here on end it gets really annoying.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I really had very high hopes for this book. After reading the first book and watching feebly as Fitz gets beat down and broken to the point of near-suicidal depression, I was certain that all the talents and abilities he has would be place to excellent use in this book. In fact, the only reason I didn’t place the book down after the first few chapters was because I was CERTAIN that if I just kept reading I would get to the glorious payoff where Fitz FINALLY lashes out at persons who keep trying to kill him and persons he likes, building it all worthwhile. Spoiler alert…it doesn’t come…EVER…
As additional reviewers have said, the actions of the protagonists of the book are factually stupid beyond belief. I’m sorry, but you can’t convince me that Fitz would simply wait around to be killed, especially after attempts on his life had already been made. They all have the power to save both the king and the kingdom, but they refuse to do so for the most idiotic reasons. The most common excuse for inaction is that they’re sworn to their king and as such they must be willing to forfiet their lives for him. They seem to be ignorant of the fact that the whole point of dying for king and country is to keep both safe. But throughout the whole book they watch feebly as the king is constantly drugged and the kingdom is dragged into ruin. They even know who’s doing it, yet they refuse to do anything about it…because the drugged king hasn’t said they could! IT’S LUNACY!!! I’m certain that Fitz could have stood and watched as Regal convinced King Shrewd to scribble his worthless signature on an execution order, and Fitz would have walked himself to the gallows and place the noose around his own neck, all the while complaining about how terrible his life is and wishing there was something he could do to save himself.
I would disagree with the additional reviewers about the title. The book is filled with royal assassins…all of them trying to kill Fitz. Additional than mindlessly slaughtering red-ship raiders, the only two people Fitz manages to “assassinate” he does so…when he’s high on carris seed! If you like your protagonists to be whimpering, cowardly, idoits who mindlessly follow orders, this book is for you. Personally, I prefer my fantasy/adventure heroes to act heroically.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Looking at the reviews of this book it would seem I am in the minority but I really grew to despise this book. The first book in the series (Assasins’ Apprentice) was OK and had a pretty excellent ending. It was very slow, but I slogged through it.I hoped the second would be better. The second book, was, for the most part much worse. I establish it to go incredibly slow. Moreover, I feel that the way people act in this tale is incredibly irrational. Lacking going into spoilers, the resolution of the main thread of this book, is wholly unbelievable and I did not feel that in the circumstances people of any intelligence would have chosen the paths the characters took in this book. It was very frustrating, and I establish I despised the plot. The last 100 pages are bewildering and I establish really no interest or empathy for the direction the book took. The writing style is kind of high-literaturish, but I establish it overblown and extremely melodramtic. There are a lot of professed key turning points in the plot or in characters growth or personality that are summarily dismissed a few pages later on. There are many major plot holes. I did not judge the actions or motivations of the characters. I especially did not empathize at all with the main character, Fitz. Since it is written in a first person POV this is a major problem. I know he is “the king’s man”, but I just did not buy the storyline. I did trudge through to the end, and establish no interest in the sudden change of direction the tale took. I have no interest at all in reading the third in the series though I own it or any additional of Hobbs books. I really cannot see what people like in this book at all. I establish it dull, poorly pace, unbelievable, annoying and uninteresting. One of my least favorite books I have read. And I like fantasy. Some reflect this is the pinnacle, but I find it near the bottom. Really poor tale arc, and poorly designed characters with very suspect actions and motivations.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5