The Golden Fool

, #2

Paperback, 172 pages

English language

Published Oct. 20, 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-00-648602-2
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4 stars (41 reviews)

Fitz has succeeded in rescuing Prince Dutiful from the clutches of the Piebald rebels, and has returned with him to Buckkeep castle. With Dutiful safe again, Queen Kettricken can proceed with plans to marry him to the Outislander princess, Elliania.

However, with tensions building among the peoples of the Six Duchies over Kettricken's tolerance of the Wittted, even Buckkeep is no longer safe. A reluctant Fitz is assigned to protect the young prince, and also train him in the Skill, and in doing so he finally makes contact not only with his estranged daughter, Nettle, but with someone in Buckkeep who may possess a greater Skill talent even than Fitz. And who may represent a terrible threat to the Farseers.

Meanwhile, Elliania arrives and, before she will accept Prince Dutiful's betrothal, challenges him to undertake an impossible quest. He must kill a legendary Outislander dragon.

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Review of 'Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2)' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

You always chose to be bound by who you are. Now choose to be freed by who you are.

Reviewing this series is a challenge. I know I am enjoying it but I can't articulate why. Like a glass of wine, I am satisfied by it but I can't pick out the different flavors that make the wine good to me.

Hobb's has crafted a very great vintage here and she has stuck to her careful pacing, slow evolution of the characters and now the reader has such investment in everyone that even the dislikable players in Buckkeep are enjoyable to read about. Actions have consequences, there is no reset and the frustrations I feel are real and are mercilessly unresolved and left to sit out in the open.

I started this series because of the fantasy aspect, and even though the pace is turned down in this book the …

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