Assassin's Apprentice

Oh, man. I had been looking forward to getting into Robin Hobb's books for a while, and my first venturing in it certainly did not disappoint. I love the writing style in which the simplest line almost reads like poetry. I love the world building and how it's a lot of information but yet easy to consume. I also love the characters and I'm excited to see where they go next.

I also was amazed that this book managed to make me feel things. Of course, that's what a good book is supposed to do, but I can't remember the last time one single line on a page almost made me tear up. Most of those moments were with Fitz and Burrich and I've grown very attached to that relationship throughout this book. A lot of times too Fitz was able to find out something, and I was surprised along with him, feeling the same things he felt, and wanting to go back a few chapters to see if it checked out and how I even missed it. That was great. (This made me glad I went with the eBook version of this instead of the Audible one!)

Though I felt that the climax of it felt very... chaotic. Which the situation in itself also was, but I sometimes found it hard to follow during that part of it what exactly was happening or who was talking to whom and I had to reread those parts a few times.

Now more than ever I wish Goodreads had a half star system. I feel this book definitely deserves more than four stars, but I'm not sure about five stars either and I'm not sure why. I might up the rating later when I'm going through the other novels in the Farseer Trilogy as they will probably make me appreciate this book even more since I'm not sure yet what in it might pay off later or what might not.
Needless to say though, I am now very excited to get through the other novels!
EDIT: I'm changing the rating to five because honestly I haven't been able to stop thinking about this book ever since I finished it, and that's quite a feat!