Should you read the Liveship Traders? (yes, yes you should) || September 2021 [CC] 

Same!! Its really one of the best things I have read all year!

I cannot wait for you to keep going with this series!!!! I need to hear all your thoughts!

I will say some stuff in Golden Fool will be a bit confusing without Liveship but you can probably find a summary online to fill in those blanks if you really want to skip it

I decided I would annoy myself if I didn't read in order so I started liveships and I'm not regretting it. Thank you

I think you described her prose really well, and I liked it even more in this series while we get to watch her write in third person limited instead of first person!

I am so glad it brought you joy!

Yessss so excited for you!!!

Oh it will be in a Friday Reads eventually. I think it should be delivered this week!!

You're welcome!! Thanks for watching 😊

Yea with how much you connect to characters you will probably get even more frustrated than I was, although I did love where everything ended up. If you ever do want to try it and want to know any specifics let me know!

Start with Farseer. Despite Farseer and Liveships being about separate characters, in separate locations, at separate times - there are things that connect them in ways you won't fully 'get' until much later. So while it won't change the experience of either trilogy if you read them the other way around, you inadvertently spoil yourself for a Tawny Man revelation, muddle the order in which a mystery is understood in the Tawny Man, and have the time line out of sync for the Rain Wilds Chronicles. Finally, while many readers say the Liveships is the 'better' trilogy, most of those will also admit that Fitz from Farseer is their favourite character. Whichever you end up reading first, I hope you enjoy it as much as I have (and many times) since first discovering Robin Hobb.

I can always tell when an author is well loved by how few of their books I can ever find at used bookstores. Hobb, and Guy Gavriel Kay are two that I always searched for but could never find

Oh boy is there that garbage human 🤣 man I don't know if anyone else has ever made me as angry as that person has. But yes I think the main villain is one of my favorite villains ever.

There are lots of those! Like maybe save it for when you are in your fantasy mood again since it really scratches that epic fantasy itch (atleast for me) but the pacing is way better than stormlight in my opinion and WORLDS better than AQ

I have no read that one yet haha I need to read Tawny man first, I have basically been reading this Realm of the Elderlings series in chronological order but most of my friends seem to like Rain Wilds the least but still enjoy it??

Glad to hear it! Its so good!

Hee hee 😉

Yessss that is all I want, hopefully you get a chance to pick it up sooner rather than later!

It is one of the best fantasy series I have read in a LONG time

I do really appreciate how the whole thing is split into parts so I have natural satisfying breaking points.