Defining Characteristics: RH and ML

[Farseer]

All in all, the word choice, style, themes and basic story elements left no doubt for me BUT that only makes me look forward to the other ML books even more than previously, to see if this remains my opinion across the expanse of her works. I have a feeling though that, from here on, Hobb may step into the shadows and Lindholm will jump out and demand my sole attention.

Next stop, the ML short stories in 'The Inheritance'!

I have been meaning to come back here to say that, yes, after reading 'The Inheritance', Hobb did step back into the shadows somewhat and there was a difference between her and ML. It's hard to put my finger on exactly what I actually mean by that, despite thinking that I'd had it sorted! I wonder if I may also be suffering from being a regular Newsgroup and Robin Hobb website visitor as I see all 'three' women (or the one woman with her three parts united!) present in various pieces there. The ML works in TI seemed to simply be an extension of what I find there...?

Possibly ML does come across as more cynical but that could be more to do with the modern settings she uses rather than what she's writing? I just don't know...