Status Updates From Shaman's Crossing (Soldier ...

I would like the world to know that I am sincerely enjoying this book even if my updates seem sarcastic. It’s really really well structured and Hobb is unmatched when it comes to the character/plot introduction slow boil. I am currently in the happy and warm frog in the pot stage. I will soon be cooked and consumed. Can’t wait (:

I would love to love Epiny, but given the placement of her introduction in the story, and the variations of what her name meaning implies…she is most likely going to be Nevares foil and I’m betting turn evil at some point. And if that doesn’t happen she will more than likely die tragically for the man pain/heroes journey transformation of it all. Womp.

Cannot wait for Nevare to go to the academy and be away from his father. This man’s Protestant flavored kink for productivity and honor and practical worthiness is tiresome.

…And then out of nowhere mr micromanaged teen with daddy issues is pressured by another male authority figure to go on this world’s version of a peyote trip where his deeply held beliefs are challenged by otherworldly forces. Plus he comes home with extreme injuries and painful scars he’ll carry for the rest of his life??? Yeah, close enough, I guess. Welcome back, Fitzchivalry Farseer. 🎉

Don’t mind me, just basking in the slowly spun world building and character introductions of a 500 page epic fantasy published before the take over of online book culture.

Nevare’s 8 years old and has been separated from his sisters/mom because they let him have a doll and future soldiers cant have dolls. God, Robin, I missed the way you riddle your protagonists with familial and political trauma right out the gate. Can’t wait to poke him with a stick later on and watch all the emotional constipation spill out.