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Royal Assassin
- The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Series: Farseer Trilogy, Book 2, Realms of the Elderlings, Book 2
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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We are here Fitz, you and I, to change the future and the world…
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- Tai Jorgensen
- 06-01-17
Dont know what it is...
I love parts of the book, when I get involved with strong feelings towards the charcters and events of the story. I just dont think that happens quite enough.
Not quite enough is what I think about much of this and the other Farseer books. I dont quite see it, dont quite feel it, dont quite love it.
And yet I want to read on.
I dont know what it is...
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- Samantha
- 08-03-17
Great story but readers voice changes
accents forgotten and wrong voices used for the wrong characters it can be a little confusing
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- Bundoodragon
- 21-07-16
Disappointing
I loved reading the first book in the trilogy, and still think Robin Hobb a good author. While the story here is inventive and I was looking forward to listening to this one, it was spoiled by the narration. Is this meant to be an English accent? Incompetent voice coach if it is. I would have given no stars if possible. I shall get the third book from the library and read it, far more satisfying to give the characters voices n my own head.
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- Andrew Cochrane
- 28-08-18
narrated is inconsistent but story good
the narrate is just as frustrating as ever with his terrible fake accent, although it's less jarring 2 books in. I don't see why he changed his voice for Burridge compared to the first, nor why he changed it for Fitz from boy to man mid way through a chapter
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- Anders Munk-Nielsen
- 24-03-17
Good ending, too slow start
Where does Royal Assassin rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It is about on par with book 1
What other book might you compare Royal Assassin to, and why?
It's a bit like the name of the wind but not quite up there. The start is too slow, although that leaves room for more development.
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- Ozzymandias
- 29-12-15
A mediocre second book to the trilogy
The Book
I really liked the first book in this series but the second book as been rather mediocre. The book starts well with lots of interesting events and intrigue but then becomes rather treacle-like in terms of story pace where very little happens and you feel as if there is rather too much in terms of filler. Throughout the book there is lots of repetition of past events which becomes tired.
Certain decisions are taken by characters that are obviously going to lead to disasters given what they already know but they take those decisions anyway. The hero of the piece becomes quite frustrating because he should be able to have much better guesses to the answers of the riddles from the king's fool. The tension created in this story also felt contrived and artificial so it became annoying.
I think another problem with this book is that it feels unnecessarily long for its content. This book may suffer from a perennial problem with trilogies where the middle book is unsatisfying both in the way that not much occurs and it's ending is not satisfying as a self contained book.
The third book is nearly 38 hours, I might give this series a bit of a break before deciding whether to go back and finish it.
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- Matthew
- 12-01-17
Great sequel, performance distracting at times.
Narrator had a frustrating habit of pronouncing 'o' as 'aw'. Some dodgy accents, but not too bad overall. Did female voices well for a male. Took some getting used to, but by the end didn't mind too much.
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- The book addict
- 08-03-21
Despite having read the book twice already, so much better in audio format.
Cannot rate this high enough. My initial response to the narrator was underwhelming, but after 2 books I can’t imagine anyone else achieving such a good result.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-21
love this series
I read this when I was younger and it's just as good now. the more I re-read it, the more things I catch that I'd missed previously.
the narrator was off putting at first due to how "upper class" his voice sounds but in the end I actually really liked it.
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- Kindle Customer
- 26-02-21
Narrator is appalling
Great story and great to read, but the narrator is awful, takes you out of the world. Recommend buying the book instead.
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- Bernard
- 11-02-21
To much angst and not enough intelligence in story
I can’t finish this book. The characters are both hypercapable in some aspects but then also unbelievably useless in others. Provides a background for lots of self flagellation and angst, but not much else.
How can you continue accepting a “king” who is so cunning and manipulative he has everyone tied in knots and scared of reprisal, yet he allows a blatantly treasonous and shallow son to keep attempting to kill or disable him, and also orders no one else to stop him either. They all bloody deserve it for being so incompetent.
Eventually just gave me the irrits
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- Lesley
- 19-04-20
Some EXTRAORDINARY pronunciations
When a narrator can jolt a listener out of a world created by the author it is woeful. It's so hard to pick up the thread and move on when the irritation lasts a while. This narrator seemed incapable of sounding o as in hot, cot, dot etc. He insisted on adding an r... so hot became hort, cot- cort etc. I'm pretty sure it was an affectation (probably trying for received British accent) because every so often he forgot ... er I mean forgort haha and pronounced that sound as most people would... When he did slip up it was when he was moving faster through the text at moments of tension. He put in an OK effort in tone, pitch, speed etc, but there were a few 'blinders' in pronunication appart frorm the o sound.
If the story had been weaker I would have given up long before the end. Do editors ever listen to the product part way through a recording??? If they did, they could catch these irritants and deliver a much better product... er... prorduct.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-10-19
Stunning
This book is quite simply stunning and an amazing follow up to 'Assassin's Apprentice'. The audiobook is beautifully told, too, and thus you must add it to your library!
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- Raul
- 30-07-19
Excellent book and performance!
Paul Boehmer acts so incredibly the characters in the book and Robin Hobb has written a truly wonderful story. It was thoroughly enjoyable experience!
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- Katarina
- 19-01-19
Even more awesome than part 1
I really enjoyed part 1 of this trilogy, Assassin's Apprentice, and hoped that this even longer sequel would be as good. Well, as it turned out I found it even better! Hobb's style of writing, especially when combined with Boehmer's narration, evokes something like a combination of a Grimm fairytale atmosphere, with hints of mythology and ancient lore. I could even detect some Star Wars, with a grand romance, great evil, lots of action and something resembling Jedi force use!
This is fantasy as it should be done. Can't get enough of it.
I cannot wait to start listening to part 3, and then on to the other six (!) Realms of the Elderings books (two more trilogies, yea!)
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- Florence S. Tavor
- 24-11-18
The Best of the Best
There is no one like Robin Hobb, I loved all of her books and now listening to the narration has been an amazing re-journeying back into the Farseers lives.
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- Sharon
- 16-09-18
Great listen
In spite of other reviewers I thought the narrator did a good job. The story was good and involving.
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- ratna
- 08-03-15
Getting used to the narrator!
Not cringing so much and despite upper class accent he is doing a fine job. The story is brilliant and worth the agony of narration.
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- Torbjørn S Seiffert
- 10-08-14
Absolutely stunning performance by Paul Boehmer
The Farseer trilogy is quickly becoming one of my favorite works of fiction. The author carefully builds a gallery of complex and believable characters that both fulfill and transcend their given archetypes. The setting is deep and engaging and the story that takes place there is an absolutely masterful tour of themes like loyalty, friendship, love, duty, hatred and sacrifice. Robin Hobb constructs a living, breathing world around the characters with the immersive writer's voice that she maintains throughout the work. This is in turn rendered magnificently by Paul Boehner, who reads it as if it were an autobiographical work from another life. I will recommend it to my friends, and I recommend it to you.
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- Emma
- 21-06-14
Could not stop listening
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An excellent follow up to Assassin's Apprentice, this book is full of action and adventure. Several times I found myself sitting in my car for several minutes at the end of my commute, waiting for a good place to pause the story, but they are hard to find! Once again, Paul Boehmer reads excellently, and does the story a great justice in the telling.