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I found these books excellent! They're huge but I spend 2 solid weeks reading them and finished them all! The only annoying thing was he didn't tell us who the bead woman, forget her name~, really was...apart from that, good! I just finished a short story of his also, set before the series, when the rainforest was first populated. It convinced me I really should read some of his other books! Has anyone else read this series?
 
Well, first of all, Robin is a woman. Second, the Liveship traders trilogy is the second trilogy, between The farseer Trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy. It's true you can read all of them independly, but you have the entire picture only when you read all of them.
 
Liveship is the next series I plan to read...... I just started the last book of the Elenium by David Eddings so I'll be able to start Mad Ship soon.
 
Good choice mate. You will enjoy the series. The follow up is the Tawny Man... a great concluding series to Hobb's work.
 
I'm on Mad Ship right now. This is one of the best series I have read lately. The characters are vividly laid out, and some of the scenes just take my breath away. I'm definitely going to have to pick up her other books now.:D
 
You must! Great series with some very interesting twists. Have you read The Tawny Man yet? If not, you will have to make sure you put those on your list after you finish The Liveship Traders.
 
Roger that ...... just gotta finish Liveship first as I've heard it's story/setting has something to do with Tawny Man.
 
Neon said:
Roger that ...... just gotta finish Liveship first as I've heard it's story/setting has something to do with Tawny Man.
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Correct Neon. Actually the whole thing started with The Farseer trilogy, then goes to The Liveship Traders and then The Tawny Man (with the return of Fitz). Enjoy mate.
 
Wow Hodor your turnaround response time is impressive, haha! Yes I'm looking forward to seeing Fitz again, I really liked his character and was surprised how Hobb concluded the first series (i.e. he didn't get the girl).
 
Neon said:
Wow Hodor your turnaround response time is impressive, haha! Yes I'm looking forward to seeing Fitz again, I really liked his character and was surprised how Hobb concluded the first series (i.e. he didn't get the girl).
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This is exactly why the way she configures her books is so confusing. However, if you actually read all nine in order things just make so much more sense. I feel that she would have done better to make all nine just one series as the conclusion of the first series is not actually a conclusion to the story.

LOL, tis morning here and I am chuggin down coffee mate...
 
I know I've mentioned this before in other threads and I also know that some disagree, but I dont think you need to read this series to be able to follow onto the Tawny Man series.


I didnt like this series, I found the sailing theme didnt grab me the way the other trilogies did. I read the first book then moved onto Tawny Man and didnt feel like I'd missed much.
I liked the idea of the magical ships, but the life of the sailors bored me.
 
I read Farseer and Loveships in straight succession and as such found Liveships a bit difficult to get into, especially when I learned Twaney Man returned to the Fitz's story.

I wish I'd waited a few weeks before delving in to Liveships so I could have appreciated it a bit better so I think if I get round to a re-read I'll do these first.

As Rune said you can just read Farseer and Tawney Man back to back and ignore Liveships, but you get a much better appreciation of the story if you read all 9 - and although they appear seperate stories the two threads are very cleverley interwoven

In general read them all, its neccessary ;)
 
Well, if the Farseer and Tawny Man series are as good as the LiveShip one I will definitely be hunting them down. :D
 
My only complaint with the Liveship series was that I didn't feel completely satisfied at the end of them. I do agree that they can be read separately, but they do spice things up. I loved the sailing theme, but I did find the sea snake chapters a bit dull. I skipped over those completely when I re-read the series.
 
I thought Sansa at first too...but now I think she is more like Cersei would have been when she was younger. Malta is both spoiled and very good at using people, while Sansa is merely spoiled. I was going to ask if she changes at all during the Mad Ship book...but I changed my mind, I want to find out myself.:)
 
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