Fool's Quest

Book II of the Fitz and the Fool trilogy

De: Robin Hobb

Narrado por: Elliot Hill

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED AND THE INDEPENDENT • Ranking alongside George R. R. Martin as a groundbreaking master of fantasy, Robin Hobb delivers the second book in her long-awaited Fitz and the Fool trilogy.

The harrowing adventures of FitzChivalry Farseer and his enigmatic friend the Fool continue in Robin Hobb’s triumphant follow-up to Fool’s Assassin. But Fool’s Quest is more than just a sequel. With the artistry and imagination her fans have come to expect, Hobb builds masterfully on all that has gone before, revealing devastating secrets and shocking conspiracies that cast a dark shadow over the history of Fitz and his world—a shadow that now stretches to darken all future hope.

Long ago, Fitz and the Fool changed the world, bringing back the magic of dragons and securing both the Farseer succession and the stability of the kingdom. Or so they thought. But now the Fool is near death, maimed by mysterious pale-skinned figures whose plans for world domination hinge upon the powers the Fool may share with Fitz’s own daughter.

Distracted by the Fool’s perilous health, and swept up against his will in the intrigues of the royal court, Fitz lets down his guard . . . and in a horrible instant, his world is undone and his beloved daughter stolen away by those who would use her as they had once sought to use the Fool—as a weapon.

But FitzChivalry Farseer is not without weapons of his own. An ancient magic still lives in his veins. And though he may have let his skills as royal assassin diminish over the years, such things, once learned, are not so easily forgotten.

Now enemies and friends alike are about to learn that nothing is more dangerous than a man who has nothing left to lose.

Praise for Fool’s Quest

“A complex tapestry of adventure, betrayal, destiny, and unrelenting peril . . . Hobb’s expertise is evident as always.”—Publishers Weekly
“Glorious and beautiful storytelling . . . Hobb lets rip with revelations, treachery, vengeance, sword fights and full on magical mayhem.”—SciFiNow

“If readers have any doubt that Robin Hobb is one of the finest writers in the fantasy genre, then they haven’t read any of her work.”—SFFWorld

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A complex tapestry of adventure, betrayal, destiny, and unrelenting peril . . . [Robin] Hobb’s expertise is evident as always.”—Publishers Weekly

“Glorious and beautiful storytelling . . . Hobb lets rip with revelations, treachery, vengeance, sword fights and full on magical mayhem.”—SciFiNow

“If readers have any doubt that Robin Hobb is one of the finest writers in the fantasy genre, then they haven’t read any of her work.”—SFFWorld

“Hobb finds a way to always show us more details of the universe she’s been building over the course of the four previous series. . . . The friendship of Fitz and the Fool brings danger to them both, but it’s one of the most touching in fantasy fiction.”—Library Journal (starred review)

Praise for Robin Hobb and Fool’s Assassin

“Fantasy as it ought to be written.”—George R. R. Martin

“Hobb knows the complicated workings of the wayward human heart, and she takes time to depict them in her tale, to tell her story sweetly, insistently, compellingly. . . . A book meant to be inhabited rather than run through.”—The Seattle Times

“[FitzChivalry Farseer is] one of the best characters in fantasy literature.”—Fantasy Book Review

“[Hobb’s] prose sparkles, her characters leap off the page.”—Tordotcom

“Modern fantasy at its irresistible best.”—The Guardian

“Fantastic . . . emotionally rich storytelling.”—Library Journal (starred review)

Inconsistent narrator

For a while I thought it was just me, but after checking reviews I found it it wasn’t. I generally dislike the voices chosen for characters by the narrator, but that something that I could get over with quickly or ignore for small time characters (Steady for example). It was at least bearable in the first book. This time however, and why I gave it a 1 star review, the narrator can’t even keep it consistent. Fitz’s voice changed immediately from book one. Then it started flip flopping different tones between chapters. Now, it’s happening even in mid sentence. It’s entirely distracting and confusing, as you think a different tone would be spoken vs thoughts but sometimes it’s just a whim of the narrator. As if partly through a chapter he realized he’d remember a different way to narrate.

Love the story

What made the experience of listening to Fool's Quest the most enjoyable?

The character portrayal is so genuin, and I felt like I got to know real people. Everything starts to tie togheter in this book, and I understand a lot more about this world than I did.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator read the voices of Fitz and Bee in a pleasant tone, but others he warped. Foreigners were exaggerated, Lant was read with clenched teeth, and I didn't recognize the fool. Having listened to all books set in the realm of the elderlings (the previous books were narrated well), I was dissapointed with this narrator.

Terrible narration

Love the author, cannot stand the narrator. How anyone signed off on his accents is beyond me. Some of the characters he simply speaks through clenched teeth to try and give them a unique sound - it sounds ridiculous.

Love this whole series ...but this narrator is awful

I love all of the books in the series of series. I don't think the new narrator understands the story or the relationships of the characters. The fool/beloved/Amber bothers me the most. I love that character and the narrator just butchers him.

The narrator takes some getting used to.

What made the experience of listening to Fool's Quest the most enjoyable?

getting to meet up with all the characters, I waited a year. I have read all of her books and I really love all the good characters and really hate all the bad ones. They are my friends and I missed them!

What did you like best about this story?

that it brought the rain wilds back!

Did Elliot Hill do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

he did but they all had accents that were never there before so it took a while to get used to the fool having a weird accent and Chade is an assassin, not a whiny old aristocrat, I can understand why he would sound stupid in public to fit in, but not while he is with Fitz.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

only deep abiding love, I wish she would extend every series she has ever written. I would read them all! I dropped my other book the day this one came out!

Any additional comments?

I just wish the narrator had a bit less accent, I like a Scottish accent if the story is bout Scotland, but this is a story about another world and really was not necessary.