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Mel
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All of Epiny’s arguments about society and womanhood are watertight, but the way she keeps cornering people and forcing situations especially spiritual ones is pissing me off. You simply cannot force your cousin to have a seance. Or to believe in mediums. It’s giving girl at a party who won’t stop lecturing you about your star sign after you’ve repeatedly reminded her you don’t believe in astrology. Ick.
— 9 hours, 37 min ago
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Mel
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I’m not sure if it is because of how Protestant everything is, but Nevare is the most prudish and most hetero character Hobb has ever written. This is what Fitz would have become if he’d been raised as a prince and not a bastard. And if The Fool had not been there being all flamboyant and mysterious with elegant fingers or however else Fitz describes his best friend who he is totally not gay for.
— 8 hours, 47 min ago
Mel
is on page 396 of 591
Poor Nevare just wants to ride horses and collect rocks and he is being forced on spirit quests and bullied into seances. Leave my dude alone.
— 9 hours, 33 min ago
Mel
is on page 284 of 591
Trist sucks and Spink is a good kid and I want him to win this battle of juvenile wills we are witnessing through Navare.
— May 03, 2026 10:44PM
Mel
is on page 205 of 591
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 (:
— May 01, 2026 10:06PM
Mel
is on page 205 of 591
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.
— May 01, 2026 10:02PM
Mel
is on page 180 of 591
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.
— May 01, 2026 12:29AM
Mel
is on page 140 of 591
…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. 🎉
— Apr 29, 2026 09:37PM
Mel
is on page 100 of 591
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.
— Apr 28, 2026 11:37PM
Mel
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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.
— Apr 27, 2026 09:55PM
