Live Ship Traders

[Teir]

deformed hands undernieth her gloves?

dont assume things

 

[Void Dragon]

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?

her name was Amber, me thinks, and she really is the Fool...
It's not explicitly stated, but it's made oh so very clear out of so many things you can read in both the liveship traders and the tawny man trilogy.
For example: when she describes how Amber resculpted Paragon, she actually describes FitzChivalry. And we all know (most of us do) how much the Fool likes our beloved Fitz

 

[the_faery_queen]

well it kinda is stated in the tawny man. when jek arrives. and even tho i read tawny man first, i think i still wouldn't have got it (im dumb) without that whole jek passage in the tawny man series.

 

[Kettricken]

I already had the idea about Amber when reading the Liveship Traders... maybe because I read them straight after the last Farseer book.

Must admit I really had my doubts about the Liveship Traders before I started it. Living ships, how could this be interesting? So I started reading with no expectations, and loved the books! Yes, also the sea serpents, maybe because those chapters were a bit odd. I liked the way Wintrow and Malta were written, and could identify most with Althea. Also, I loved the character of Paragon!
When I read all these post, I realize I must reread them soon!

 

[Talysia]

I love the concept of the Liveships. I think that Paragon and Vivacia were two of the best characters, especially given their origins, and I'd like to see more about their kind.

 

[shadow-rat]

Robin is so cool coz she chucks all these secrate clues in for things happening in the book that arnt obvious. Like Fits is in the first instalment of the liveship traders but she doesnt just come out and say it. Its gotta be him though with a white lock at his temple and a scar down his cheak when wintrow gets bashed in that town with the temples.

ERM...... That is NOT Fitz! Just cos he has a scar and some white hair! There is SO much wrong with your assumption that that could be Fitz.... How would he get so far south, and why would he be on Claw Island at all, let alone working as a city guardsman??! Also, Fitz is a cool guy and he's not likely to be such a dirtbag to a boy in a strange town, let alone beat him up on the street!!!

Really, people, THINK before you post!

 

[Aniri]

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.

Phew...glad I am not the only one here who feels this way.

I wrapped up the Farseer trilogy and am on the Live Ship trilogy, but I am having a hard time getting into it. No, I won't give up, but I certainly hope it picks up. I am really looking forward to getting to the Tawny Man trilogy.

 

[quidscribis]

I happened to read the three trilogies in the right order, not out of design, but just because that was the order in which we were able to buy the books. Reading them in that order did help me understand everything better, so yes, if you can read them in order, I agree that that would be best.

I also agree that these books were brilliant. Robin Hobb has an amazing amount of talent that comes out in these books. Shaman's Crossing, on the other hand, I'm not so fond of, and haven't read the ones after that in that series. But these were amazing.

 

[Giovanna Clairval]

I happened to read the three trilogies in the right order, not out of design, but just because that was the order in which we were able to buy the books. Reading them in that order did help me understand everything better, so yes, if you can read them in order, I agree that that would be best.

I read the three trilogies in the right order, which is how the author envisioned them; it does make sense.

I also agree that these books were brilliant. Robin Hobb has an amazing amount of talent that comes out in these books. Shaman's Crossing, on the other hand, I'm not so fond of, and haven't read the ones after that in that series. But these were amazing.

I agree. Shaman's Crossing, book 1, lacked action in the beginning. I couldn't believe that a novel by Hobb could bore me, because I simply adored the Farseers...

 

[quidscribis]

I agree. Shaman's Crossing, book 1, lacked action in the beginning. I couldn't believe that a novel by Hobb could bore me, because I simply adored the Farseers...

Exactly! The first nine books I read were so brilliant, so alive, so wonderful! I was so looking forward to Shaman's Crossing. I don't know if I'll read the next two in that trilogy if they're anything at all like the first, which I hear they are. I'm just... disappointed. I was so looking forward to more brilliant stuff. Ack!

 

[ScottSF]

Phew...glad I am not the only one here who feels this way.

I wrapped up the Farseer trilogy and am on the Live Ship trilogy, but I am having a hard time getting into it. No, I won't give up, but I certainly hope it picks up. I am really looking forward to getting to the Tawny Man trilogy.

Tawny Man is ok, engaging enough but for me it was a let down after the brilliance of Live Ships. I didn't want liveships to end but I was more than ready for Tawny Man to end.

 

[timelord4]

Ha, but the Fool IS in the Live Ships series though. As some of you know. Who carved the new face for Paragon?

I've read them all. Right up to Renegade Mage. The Soldier Son trilogy flattened in the middle but came out okay in the end.

I've enjoyed all of her work. Even when she wrote under the name, Megan Lindholm.

 

[Aniri]

Ha, but the Fool IS in the Live Ships series though. As some of you know. Who carved the new face for Paragon?

I've read them all. Right up to Renegade Mage. The Soldier Son trilogy flattened in the middle but came out okay in the end.

I've enjoyed all of her work. Even when she wrote under the name, Megan Lindholm.

Ahhhh! *covering eyes and chanting to myself that I did not just read that spoiler*


I'm on Mad Ship currently...just about at page 200 I'm much more into the characters now than I was when I just started the series. Anyway. Just wanted to say I want to strangle Kyle Haven Kthanxbye.

 

[Giovanna Clairval]

I loved the three first trilogies, but my favourite books are Fitz1 and Tawny3

Spoilers down here! Beware!

The scene when the Fool is revived was marvellous.

And also the scene where Kennit dies in the Ships (3, I think)

Okay. You can open your eyes.

 

[LyannaWolfBlood]

This was definitely my favourite of the Six Duchies series... not that I didn't love the others, just that I preferred this one. I think it's the different POVs that make it so good - Fitz is fantastic, but the first person POV means that we miss so much of the other people! People like Kettricken, for example, get relatively little screentime even though they're amazing characters in themselves. In Liveships there are so many storylines and it gives a more... balanced (?) view.

That being said, the sheer intensity of the Fitz books make them an awesome (in the literal sense) read. I definitely agree with Giovanna on the first of her spoiler scenes.