Nighteyes *spoiler alert*

[idioteque04]

I have just finished reading Fools Fate and found the Death of Nighteyes to be extremely emotional for me. I did have asoft spot for him due to his special connection with fitz but still i found the way hobb wrote it into the book to be truely amazing. The communication between them in the final dream was amazing and i didnt really know it was coming untill he work up. Sooo sad!! but amazing at the same time.

How does everyone else feel about this part of the series?

 

[jackokent]

Re: Nighteyes Death

Hi Idioteque04

I have to agree I didn't see it coming and I was devesated. I actually put the book down and sat and hugged my dog for about half and hour.

I have to say I preferd Nighteyes to Fitz, who I always thought was a bit wet.

Just as a point, I am absolutely useless at the technical issues on this site, but I believe if you are going to post up something that "lets the cat out of the bag" on a storey you are supposed to put up a spoilers notice. Not sure if it would apply in this case but wouldn't like anyone to find out nighteyes dies at this point when they're only on book 1 of the whole series.

 

[SpaceShip]

Re: Nighteyes Death

Hi Idioteque04

I have to agree I didn't see it coming and I was devesated. I actually put the book down and sat and hugged my dog for about half and hour.

I have to say I preferd Nighteyes to Fitz, who I always thought was a bit wet.

Just as a point, I am absolutely useless at the technical issues on this site, but I believe if you are going to post up something that "lets the cat out of the bag" on a storey you are supposed to put up a spoilers notice. Not sure if it would apply in this case but wouldn't like anyone to find out nighteyes dies at this point when they're only on book 1 of the whole series.

I agree - I made a comment about Nighteyes in another Hobb thread but at that time didn't know about "spoilers". Even so I made sure I didn't give away any endings. So, hope those who read this thread and haven't read the series of books don't get too disappointed. Like everyone else, I didn't see it coming - you never think that about your heros, eh?

 

[idioteque04]

Re: Nighteyes Death

hey guys,

Is there any way to change the thread name?? as i still want to hear everyone thoughts on this topic?? i completely didnt think about it!!

Sorry!!

 

[jackokent]

Re: Nighteyes Death

hey guys,

Is there any way to change the thread name?? as i still want to hear everyone thoughts on this topic?? i completely didnt think about it!!

Sorry!!

Don't worry.


I am sure if any kind modorater is looking on they might be able to do it.

I'd say it was tough anyway. People should have read the books quicker, then it wouldn't be a surprise.

 

[Sketti]

I was pretty sad about Nighteyes too. He was just great. The whole "Pack" running joke they sort of had always made me laugh. Plus, he was really endearing, definitely the better half of the Fitz-Nighteyes act.

 

[the_faery_queen]

i cried. i liked nighteyes a lot.
but then i always cry when animals die. real or fictional

 

[Faceless Woman]

I loved Nighteyes. Fitz was kind of annoying, but Nighteyes was soooo sweet. I agree, he was definitely the better half. When he died I cried so hard I had to change my top because it was wet.

 

[idioteque04]

hey thanks for your replies, good to hear other people have found it as emotional as i have!! "emo"......

 

[Kitera]

I didn’t see Nighteyes’ death coming as well; though I knew that he is old and eventually would die, but I never thought it would have happened there and then. I got upset because Fitz and Nighteyes had this really special bond and it hurt Fitz and through him, hurt me. Like the Fool, I believe that we loved Nighteyes through Fitz and while reading the other two books in the series I was secretly wishing that Nighteyes would somehow come back alive…it never happened.

 

[TheBlueFool]

It was really sad I was practically in tears

 

[The Fool]

While Nighteyes was very cool, I liked him better when he was young and with Fitz in the last 2 "Assassin" books but I still took it as a shock and was very sad. I always sorta thought he would die in that series, he was getting very old for a wolf.

 

[Laydee_S]

before i finished the FF, one of my friends had allready told me what happened! i was devestated.
i knew that he wouldnt live forever, but just they way Robin Hobb written it . . . it made me cry! so sad!

 

[sassy1]

before i finished the FF, one of my friends had allready told me what happened! i was devestated.

i do hope you told your friend off for giving away some of the story! i hate, hate, HATE it when people do that to me!!!!


But i, too, was sad when Nighteyes died. I didn't really know what was happening at the time, and it dawned on me about the same time Fitz realised what was happening and i was like "nooo!!!!"

Robin Hobb is one of the only authors that has actually made me cry reading her books. And she is the only one that has made me cry more than once, in separate books. of course she also made me laugh out loud at times such a great author.

 

[spartan_pwns]

Nighteyes is so amazing its not even funny! His death was another tragic reason I love the series. Not that I wanted him to die! It was just so....... epic. That last dream where he said something like "I'll always be running in front of you brother..." [not sure havn't read in a while... ] it was incredible I thought.

 

[Ice fyre]

Yup has to be one of the saddest things I have read for years, still chokes me up thinking about it.


Poor wee puppy

 

[Dijkie]

I honestly cried my beautiful eyes out! A very sad moment indeed, and it reminded me of my cat which I had to put to sleep almost a year ago

 

[ScottSF]

I was much more upset when Fitz kept NightEyes from dying earlier in the story. It felt like such a violation because NightEyes was ready to go. I felt releif when he finally went, worrying about the old dog was weighing the story down. But if it had been a cat that died I probably would have been sobbing.