Jul-16-2010, 04:16 AM (UTC)
I'm okay with most of the ending. Surprisingly, after I read the book again I found myself satisfied with almost all of it. I do see how it's quite rushed, but I don't mind, seeing how Hobb had been planning to write another part of Fitzy's epic.
What bugged me the most wasn't that the Fool left Fitz. I'm a sadistic reader; the more pain the characters go through, the more I enjoy catching every facet of their reactions. No, I was just upset that Chade was telling Fitz about how he'd missed the Fool by a week... and Fitz didn't say anything, even to himself, of shock or sorrow. He just nodded. I mean, even one line, one line would have sufficed: something like either a sick sense of sadness, or a concession to his apathy. But he just nods and accepts that his very best friend, one of the triangle between the three bonded characters (Fitz/Fool/Nighteyes), had just left and he didn't even get to say goodbye. Fitz grieves for a long time when Nighteyes dies, not so much for the death as for his loss. It is no less of a loss even though the Fool is still alive. He took back the Skill link that had connected them for, what, sixteen years? And now realizes he may never see him again, and he definitely will never sense him again? And is completely passive and okay with that? No. I absolutely hated that. It's okay that he got back together with Molly. It's fine that Elliania comes back, fine that he gets the life he'd wanted from the beginning even though it's not perfect. But I could never imagine someone being that apathetic about losing their best, closest childhood friend.
What bugged me the most wasn't that the Fool left Fitz. I'm a sadistic reader; the more pain the characters go through, the more I enjoy catching every facet of their reactions. No, I was just upset that Chade was telling Fitz about how he'd missed the Fool by a week... and Fitz didn't say anything, even to himself, of shock or sorrow. He just nodded. I mean, even one line, one line would have sufficed: something like either a sick sense of sadness, or a concession to his apathy. But he just nods and accepts that his very best friend, one of the triangle between the three bonded characters (Fitz/Fool/Nighteyes), had just left and he didn't even get to say goodbye. Fitz grieves for a long time when Nighteyes dies, not so much for the death as for his loss. It is no less of a loss even though the Fool is still alive. He took back the Skill link that had connected them for, what, sixteen years? And now realizes he may never see him again, and he definitely will never sense him again? And is completely passive and okay with that? No. I absolutely hated that. It's okay that he got back together with Molly. It's fine that Elliania comes back, fine that he gets the life he'd wanted from the beginning even though it's not perfect. But I could never imagine someone being that apathetic about losing their best, closest childhood friend.
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