Forest Mage
- 672
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Forest Mage”, the second novel of Robin Hobb’s “Soldier Son” trilogy, is a dark middle volume carried by the quality of her writing. Some readers warm to the friends Spink and Epiny more than to the narrator, Nevare, and find him even harder to like than in the first book. The mood stays grim from start to finish. It belongs after the first volume, for readers who trust Hobb with a difficult hero.
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About the book
Forest Mage is a 2006 fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the second in her Soldier Son Trilogy.
Reading order · Soldier Son Trilogy
Full order & progress →- Shaman's CrossingStart here
7.47.4 / 10 - Forest MageThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Le Fils rejeté
–Not ranked yet - Le Choix du soldat
–Not ranked yet - Le Renégat
–Not ranked yet - Danse de terreur
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 102 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 41% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 102 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Forest Mage?
It has 672 pages — longer than 69% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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