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report abuse | permalink comment comment (1) 98 111 people helpful: 5.0 5 stars finally, fantasy adults., december 25, 2000 yosef abta (tel aviv israel) - reviews : assassin apprentice (farseer trilogy, book 1) (mass market paperback) refers series: robin hobb farseer trilogy fantasy book ve read. main difference action-packed action-based., lot royal-court plotting murder, battles journies distant lands, magic magical creatures stuff ve learned expect fantasy work - main, evident slow-pacing plot. robert jordan kind action-thriller - move . adult (emotionally, ) substantial profound - ve book. farseer trilogy, , action-based., charcter-based relationship-based. concerned process young boy maturing man adult ( environment hostile) concerned machinations royal court, hero training royal assasin. depicts great accuracy detail relationships hero - father-figures, women life, enemies, animals magically attached . sense, realistic fantasy ve read - world books realistic, relationships real: hobb employs real feelings psychological depth, heroes experience real love real hate, hard complicated, ambiguous, moral aspects harder. adolescent clear-cut love/hate ve learned expect fantasy heroes. hobbs heroes experience wide range emotions, complete disappointment, disillusionment acceptance - vital part growing . sense, hobb books belong literary tradition genre bildungsroman ( formation, initiation, -development, training education), dickens great expectations prominent (, reading farseer trilogy, sense influence dickens hobb themes, mood, character development - disillusionment acceptance element ). genre cases apprenticeship life (assasin apprentice...) search meaningful existence society . hobb hero, fitz, finally finds meaningful existence society social order making great sacrifice ( loved- king), great cost - grow, ? 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