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Fool's Quest
- Fitz and the Fool, Book 2
- Narrated by: Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
- Series: Fitz and the Fool, Book 2, Realms of the Elderlings, Book 15
- Length: 33 hrs and 55 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Summary
Robin Hobb returns to her best-loved characters with the second volume in a brand-new series.
Happy endings never last....
Years ago they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own. Now, betrayed by his own people and broken by torment, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies.
But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle, his young daughter, Bee, is abducted from Withywoods by pale and mysterious raiders who leave ruin and confusion in their wake. Fitz must find a way to rescue his beloved Bee.
At the same time it is the Fool's fiercest wish to return to Clerres with the best assassin he has ever known, to gain vengeance and justice. Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?
Critic reviews
"Glorious and beautiful storytelling from Robin Hobb." ( SciFi Now)
"Hobb seamlessly blends intrigue, action and characters who feel so real that they become more than words on a page.... Every second spent in her world is a privilege and a pleasure." ( SFX)
"Robin Hobb's Fitz and the Fool series continues to delight." ( Starburst Magazine)
"Another crowning career achievement in the lifetime of one of fantasy's modern-day masters." ( Fantasy Book Review)
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- Ms. E. Martland
- 20-06-19
Badly edited
The book is great however it needs to be re-record or at least edited as the name Vindalier, is extremely badly edited in, through out the whole book and completely destroys all immersion and makes it barely listenable, they would be better off skipping over the name completely than keeping the horrendous editing, for a full priced audio book it's a disgrace.
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- richard m.
- 07-04-20
Again the narration is truly appalling
Lee Maxwell-Simpson's narration is better than book one but is still appaling, and if Avita mispronounces something, get her to rerecord the WHOLE sentence don't just take 'Vindaleer' and from another instance and drop it into a sentence. Some passages are laughably bad, how Audible can charge people for this audio book is beyond me.
Robin Hobb should be distancing herself from these audiobooks as they are a very poor representation of her truly excellent work.
Do yourself a favour and buy the book and read it yourself.
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- Jack C
- 12-05-16
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I think someone got a name wrong on this and tried to fix the mistake by badly re-recording the word and editing it into the final piece. Its terribly done however and makes the book quite hard to listen to.
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- Philip Perkins
- 17-04-21
I lived at Withywoods & Buck keep
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lly enthralled in a great tale, sad I have nearly come to the end
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- Amazeon Customer DHL
- 27-12-20
laboured story and awful editing
Up to this point I had loved the Farseer storyline. It's as if the writer was a copy Robin Hobb failure, who tried and missed. But I can truly say the character 'royal bastard' Fitz has been well and totally bastardised. How can the character change so much from one book to the next. Even though the story has skipped 20 years, all other characters remain consistent, but Fitz is an unrecognisable idiot until the last three hours of the book, and even then, it's not good. The first 10 hours of this book are a waste of time. The story line is so inconsistent with the characters from previous books, and I stopped reading it. So, so disappointing!!! I cannot face another book like this, which the next is 45 hrs, and will return this one, just too many useless details that add NOTHING to the story. The editing is appalling, and the obvious error of the name Vynalier is truly blatant, and in 10 years of listening to audible, I've never heard such an awful edit. What a shame. I still think Robbin Hobb is a great writer in this genre, but certainly has gone off the rails about now with this book.
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- 11thman
- 13-12-20
Approaching the end game
So I have followed the whole series from book one and the young Fitz given into Burrich's care to now over the last three months and what a journey with one to go. What an epic story so far. Fitz and the Fool are great characters but Bee (of whom, sadly, there was relatively little in this book) may outdo both. One to go. There may be tears ahead.
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- Tom
- 20-07-20
Fool’s Quest
Great story, much better than the first in this final trilogy and with some incredibly satisfying moments for characters literally thousands of pages in the making!
Overall, the performances were decent, for both narrators,but as others have pointed out, it does seem a post-edit has worsened the quality with a certain name being re-edited into sentences, making it quite jarring to hear. Despite this, and contrary to other reviews, I still found it didn’t detract from the overall experience.
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- Kiy Lockley
- 11-03-20
dull
after the previous fitz and fool books, this is extremely disappointing, listening to this book is like trudging through mud, it's so slow!
I cant stand listening to how pathetic the fool is, and wish hed never been brought back!
the performance is dull, all the male characters sound the same and have I mentioned that the fool is annoying?
if I didn't know, I honestly wouldn't of guessed that this has come from the same author that brought us verity, night eyes and regal.
yeah, this books a no from me, it's rare that I ever stop reading/listening to books when started, but this is one of those cases
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- Colin
- 19-02-20
Trying too hard
I am a big Robin Hobb fan and struggle to criticise her, but this just seemed so laboured. I am going to get the last in the trilogy . . . but it’s not with my usual enthusiasm. Here’s hoping!
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- Lisa H.
- 06-01-20
So disappointed by the male narrator
A great book from this author as ever, but the male narrator is terrible. I do wish they would stick with one voice for Fitz. I have been through 8 books with him now and feel very attached to him it's really frustrating. The female narrator is great.
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- Dragonfly
- 03-06-16
Brilliant
Greatly appreciate Robin Hobb sharing her gift yet again in this long awaited novel. Thoroughly enjoyed being immersed again in the adventures of Fitz and the Fool. The narration in this audio addition was perfect.
Can't wait for the sequel.