Renegade's Magic

I suppose we should call this one 600 Pages of Nevare Eating Things and Arguing with Himself. In this conclusion to Robin Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy, Nevare faces the enemy within, who goes by the name "Soldier's Boy." As the story opens, Nevare flees from Gettys after magically faking his own death.......more

I want to hate this trilogy. I really do. There's so much that's wrong with it, how it doesn't follow the conventions or expectations of regular modern epic fantasy, but here's the thing: it doesn't follow either the classic fantasy tropes OR the modern awesome ones. It takes its own path. It doesn't......more

The only thing worse than finishing a Robin Hobb book is finishing a Robin Hobb series. Like the other Robin Hobb series that I cherish so much, I plan to reread this one as many times as possible before I die. I am really puzzled by the mixed reviews of this whole series especially from some avowed......more

More detailed thoughts to come, but Hobb is the GOAT and she did not forget how to write for this trilogy. It was excellent. Fight me. (Yes I know the RotE trilogies are more excellent, whatever) 8.9......more

I loved Shaman's Crossing and thought Forest Mage was okay, but Renegade's Magic was just too much. The narrative point-of-view is probably the biggest problem here. Again, we have first-person from Nevare's perspective--the problem is, Nevare's alter ego takes over his body, and he spends most of t......more