Fool's Fate

#34 in Fantasy

Fool's Fate

Robin Hobb

First published 2003Original language EN

8.78.7 / 10
Score out of 10440 ratingsConfidence 75%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#34 of 200 in Fantasy ahead of 83% of the category
881
Pages
about 16 h
Reading time
Part of a seriesThe Tawny Man TrilogyVolume 3 of 6

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Our view

“Fool’s Fate” closes “The Tawny Man Trilogy” with an emotional force that leaves some readers in tears. Its strength is the bond between Fitz and the Fool, two characters whom followers of the series have had a long time to grow close to. At nearly nine hundred pages and with earlier volumes behind it, the book is written for those who have read what comes before.

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About the book

Fool's Fate is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the third in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It was published in 2003.

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Reading order · The Tawny Man Trilogy

Full order & progress →

No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

  1. Le Prophète blanc
    Le Prophète blanc2001Start here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. La Secte maudite
    La Secte maudite2001
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Les Secrets de Castelcerf
    Les Secrets de Castelcerf2002
    –Not ranked yet
  4. Serments et Deuils
    Serments et Deuils2002
    –Not ranked yet
  5. Le Dragon des glaces
    Le Dragon des glaces2003
    –Not ranked yet
  6. L'ASSASSIN ROYAL T.13 ; ADIEUX ET RETROUVAILLES (French Edition)
    L'ASSASSIN ROYAL T.13 ; ADIEUX ET RETROUVAILLES (French Edition)2003
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 9.0 across 440 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 75% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover9.0440 100%

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It has 881 pages — longer than 89% of the ranked books in Fantasy.

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