The Farseer Trilogy

This is the first book I read as part of the Sword and Laser book club.I had never heard of [a:Robin Hobb 25307 Robin Hobb http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1205023525p2/25307.jpg] before. I'm very glad I have now.I really enjoyed this book a lot. It's a very different feel than most of the fantasy books I've read.There isn't really a clear path for the protagonist until halfway through the book. Some might find that off-putting, but I found it refreshing.Just learning about the character and the world as he grows up is more than sufficient to keep the story moving along in my opinion without some large and looming evil for him to confront.Eventually you see where the character might fit in and play an important role in world events, but Hobb doesn't feel the need to set that up in the first 50 pages like most fantasy novels I've read seem to do.I have already started [b:Royal Assassin 68487 Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2) Robin Hobb http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323721053s/68487.jpg 4668002] which is the second book in this trilogy and have [b:Assassin's Quest 45112 Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3) Robin Hobb http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328153405s/45112.jpg 503752] ready to go when that's done to finish the first trilogy.I plan to tackle the other 2 trilogies in this world when I have more time/read some other books.