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- Content warnings: Depression, Poisoning, Sexual assault, Sexual assault (referenced), Rape, PTSD, Violence, Blood, War, Death, Stillbirth, Grief
Assassin's Quest
by Robin Hobb
Book 3 in The Farseer Trilogy
The payoff is not clean comfort. It finishes Fitz's first arc with consequences that feel permanent, then opens the world wider just when you think the map has run out of teeth.
goodreads 4.22/5 197,681 ratings
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Length757 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Found family
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Beautiful grief
- Assassin/spy
- Book hangover
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- Reluctant hero
- Closure
- Morally gray
- Earned hope
- Dark/tortured soul
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy
- Forest / wilderness
- High fantasy
- Dragons
- Mountain / highlands
- Royal court / palace
Reading experience
- First person
- Slow
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
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- Mental health rep
- Melancholic
- Introspective
- Immersive
- Adventurous
- Character-driven
- Bittersweet
- Atmospheric
- Epic
- Emotional
- Heartbreaking
- Somber
- Chosen one burden
- Survival against impossible odds
- War-torn kingdom
- Political intrigue
- Will make you cry
- Morally complex
- Series binge material
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