Robin Hobb - Shaman's Crossing: Book One of the Soldier Son Trilogy

Pros: Strong characterization
Cons: Snails move faster than the plot does

With the conclusion of the Tawny Man trilogy (< b>Fool's Fate), Robin Hobb has decided to move on, at least temporarily, to another world she's created. Shaman's Crossing is the first book in the "Soldier ...

Pros: Deeply realized world and characters.
Cons: The ending is tidy and the pace is . . . deliberate.

I was 27 before I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. Five years later I'm wishing I could be something else. Life would be simpler if there weren't decisions to make. But even then you'd have to decide how to deal with those decisions that ...

Pros: Richly detailed setting and character development.
Cons: Not much action; slow pace.

Over the past few months, I’ve been plowing my way through Robin Hobb’s books, but I’m at the point where there are few enough left that I’m trying to ration them out carefully. I think this is the last complete trilogy to go, and then I’ll be back in a ...