Assassin's Apprentice

I was bowled over by how much I loved this book. It's my first Robin Hobb, a book club read. I didn't think I'd like it because I'm not a big fan of court politics, but it was very entertaining and highly readable. I wasn't overwhelmed by a multitude of characters with convoluted motivations for doing what they do. Instead, it was relatively straight forward with good and bad characters as well as ambiguous situations. Of course, being about the training of an assassin, the situations are morally suspect at best. But I had empathy for the main character, Fitz and wanted him to find his place in the world.

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