![]() In such a long series, we are regularly offered reminders of who everyone is and what has happened to them and brief explanations are offered for new readers as well. This inevitably leads to a common question – can readers just read the books about Fitz and skip the Liveship and Rain Wilds books? The answer depends largely on what you want to get out of them. It takes a long time for the connections between the Liveship trilogy and the Farseer trilogy to become clear, and some readers are simply less interested in books that are not about Fitz. There’s also the changing narration and focalisation to deal with – for many readers, their interest in this world is tied up in their attachment to Fitz, the character we follow throughout the first trilogy and our introduction into this world. ![]() They can be fairly slow-paced, and the slowest and, perhaps most difficult to get through, are all the opening volumes to sub-series ( Ship Of Magic, Dragon Keeper, and Fool’s Assassin). While the older ones will be available in cheap second-hand copies, investing in all the newer ones can be expensive, and they represent hours and hours of reading. ![]() ![]() Naturally, a lot of fans will be happy to read all the books, in order. ![]()
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