Thoughts on Forest Mage, or: why the heck is there a fish on the cover? (SPOILERS)

[Farseer]

However, I did at times feel that too little happened for long stretches of the story. If there are any flaws to a Robin Hobb story, it is that sometimes they tend to move a little too slowly.

I'll have to re-read these one day as I was very ill during the first read, and possibly too busy looking for RotE-ish links to become too bored! I will have to get back to read them for their own sake.

Carsina, now that was a real surprise!

Now she was a piece of work! I can't say much more than that as I can't quite remember where things happened or when, and don't want to add a spoiler in here somewhere!

Hitch was an interesting character who unfortunately got too little "screentime".

*nods* I was a fan of Hitch (at least, for most of the time) and agree that I'd have liked to have learned more about him.

All in all, this might be one of Hobb's bleakest books ever,

Yes, this seems to be the general opinion of the majority of readers, going on reviews I've read elsewhere.

Hmm...Robin was asked if she would return to Gernia in the future but, as for RotE, said she would only if a good story came to her.

I do hope that Renegade's Magic will return characters like Caulder, Gord and Trist.

Not telling!

Oh, and Nevare's father is a bastard.

Yes, I thought so too...

Gargh! I want you to forget Conan and get straight on to Renegade's Magic but you most likely need a break from forest scenes!

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I can't believe I nearly forgot to respond to your thread title (which made me laugh! ).

I can't help because I'm still trying to work out why the heck there's a fish on the cover!