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The entirety of the action that takes place in this novel could be put into 50 pages easily. The others are just padding and rehashing. In fact, Hobb rehashes so much, you begin to believe that she thinks her audience is either incredibly stupid, or suffering from an extreme case of short term memory loss. Everything is repeatedly endlessly. The dragon Tintilaga is manipulative and cruel. Malta is very pregnant. Heebie can fly! Hest is stupid and pines for his gay runaway secretary Sedric (in his own way). On and on and on... these points are hammered endlessly page after page. When something does occur, which is rarely, it is padded or stretched out between bits of other characters so much, that by the time she gets back around to it, the novelty has worn and hearing more about it is another exercise in tedium. There are several threads of relationships running through the book, but there is no heat or romance in them either. With that all being said, I will likely read the fourth book just to find out where this is all going (if very slowly). There are a few story threads that twist out rapidly near the end of the book that leave you dangling. After slogging through over 300 pages, I expected to come away more satisfied than this.

If you are considering the Rain Wilds to be your introduction to Robin Hobb... STOP! Read "The Farseer" trilogy first, which was an excellent, fast paced, hard to put down romp through a fantastic land stocked with intriguing characters. "City of Dragons" is barren of any of that...


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City of Dragons Volume Three of the Rain Wilds Chronicles Robin Hobb 9780061561634 Books Reviews

In the third volume of the Rain Wild Chronicles, Robin does an excellent
job of resolving many of the issues opened in the first two volumes. She continues to open entirely new plot lines and teases the reader with the promise of entirely new twists and turns. Her ability to resolve several questions at the same time she lays the groundwork for new story lines keeps the reader enchanted with resolutions while promising intriguing futures. Widening the breadth of the plot lines without closing down the past demonstrated cleary her gift for bringing the reader back for more.
I've read everything Robin Hobb has written & am a big fan. If you have read Books 1 & 2, City of Dragons should be on your reading list. The short version of this review is that this is another good installment in a competent, interesting series.

The rest of this is written for her fans who are wondering if they should read the series. Yes- read it! But be prepared for something unlike her other series. The whole thing reads very "light"- on the edge of Teen/YA. The books are short, easy reads. There are lots of characters and "stuff" going on, but the plot is emotionally thin. The teen characters read a little too tv drama for me. (But then I really dislike the whole angsty Twilight vibe that is working its way into fantasy.)

This is the first book of Hobb's in which I feel she like she is struggling with certain plot lines. While reading, I found myself wondering how the author related to the story and what was going on in her life while she wrote particular scenes. She seems very involved with the creation of events and interactions but distant from the characters living the story. I haven't built up emotional ties to the characters, which surprised me. I get very wrapped up in what I read & talk to the characters, cry, laugh, & argue. (No worries, the characters don't talk back.) Usually, her characters dominate the reading experience as distinct, full people with complex emotions. She has some of the best female characters out there. Best of all, she doesn't sacrifice her male characters in order to develop the women. The potential for the characters are there in this series, but for whatever reason, I'm just not feeling it.

Plotwise, she set the stage for a fabulous book, but I wasn't thrilled with her execution. It's almost as if she is making a conscious choice to appeal to a wider market and is trying to emulate the trend of what I think of as MTV fiction- short, choppy scenes that overlap to build a bigger picture. It works for Martin but is disastrous for most authors. Hobb can pull it off, but why do it? It feels as if she simplified her writing style. That's a tragedy. Even the vocabulary feels reduced compared to her other works. I reread a few of her other books to see if I had overbuilt them in my mind. Nope- this one is definitely "simpler" for all that she has thrown together lots of characters and plotlines. This was an excellent part one to a book that could be snugged up by about 50 pages and then expanded from there. I could see all sorts of possibilities as the story moved along. For whatever reason, those were left unexplored or just given quick cameos. When I read the foreshadowing of the Fool's race when Althea explores the city, I was thrilled. The Fool is one of my favorite characters. Hopefully, she will pick this us in the future book. For now, it felt like a nod to fans. Similarly, I could have done without the cameo of Althea & Paragon (though again- favorites of mine). Cameos really interrupt the emotional flow (for all that they are fun to read.)

Summary Robin Hobb is a master of writing smart, emotionally complex books, & she isn't afraid to spend time world & character building. In this series, she seems to have scaled the intensity and complexity down a notch to target a different market. It's still a good book, but it doesn't have the impact of other books she has written.
Accidentally pushed submit review before I was finished. As i started to say. Some of what occurred in the last part of the 4th book seemed written for a whole different storyline, but much of it also ended up being the most impactful and thought provoking of the whole series . Hopefully she will work work out some of her inner demons with her therapist, so in the future her novels will not be quite so depressing and include some of the beauty and joy fantasy is known for. Now for those individuals who gave these books a low rating on the soul purpose of the gay aspect and/or how it would affect your children, may I just say REALLY, YOU NEED TO MOVE INTO THE YEAR 2018. If you yourself are so offended by gay characters being included in your Fantasy Novels, then fantasy is a subject you should have never goten involved with in the first place. As this book was never intended as a childrens book in the first place and if its truely for your childs wellbeing and safety, exercise what I'm sure is your limited, narrow minded parenting skills and just dont let them read it. That simple. This isnt 1818 anymore and the last thing the world needs with all the MAJOR/REAL problems in the world is worrying about another generation of homophobic, bigoted, judgemental haters. Give it one star because you find it not well written, the gender unequally, the violence, the rape of Alise, mistreatment of animals, deception, etc, etc, etc . Maybe you should stick to the Bible or the Sunday funnies.
The entirety of the action that takes place in this novel could be put into 50 pages easily. The others are just padding and rehashing. In fact, Hobb rehashes so much, you begin to believe that she thinks her audience is either incredibly stupid, or suffering from an extreme case of short term memory loss. Everything is repeatedly endlessly. The dragon Tintilaga is manipulative and cruel. Malta is very pregnant. Heebie can fly! Hest is stupid and pines for his gay runaway secretary Sedric (in his own way). On and on and on... these points are hammered endlessly page after page. When something does occur, which is rarely, it is padded or stretched out between bits of other characters so much, that by the time she gets back around to it, the novelty has worn and hearing more about it is another exercise in tedium. There are several threads of relationships running through the book, but there is no heat or romance in them either. With that all being said, I will likely read the fourth book just to find out where this is all going (if very slowly). There are a few story threads that twist out rapidly near the end of the book that leave you dangling. After slogging through over 300 pages, I expected to come away more satisfied than this.

If you are considering the Rain Wilds to be your introduction to Robin Hobb... STOP! Read "The Farseer" trilogy first, which was an excellent, fast paced, hard to put down romp through a fantastic land stocked with intriguing characters. "City of Dragons" is barren of any of that...