She’s every bit as obstinate as her father, and besides, I love that she’s finally addressing what has been left unsaid for way too long!

but Hobb in her classic way keep the things inches away from the grasp and yet you won't complaint because whatever happened you would be disappointed by it but you would be able to see the bigger picture and say, "It will end in a grand way". All know that tales never end, and the happy ending is but a moment to catch one’s breath before the next disaster. If Fitz and the Fool changed each other like dragons change their Elderlings, does that I can blame Fitz for how revenge-driven the Fool has suddenly become?

Later in the novel, strong connections with the other trilogies and quartets in the sequence begin to emerge and I understood why other Hobb readers had recommended not skipping the Liveship Traders and Rain Wild Chronicles books. An interesting turn in this book is that it ties together the Fitz and Fool books with Bingtown and the Rain Wilds. It took quite a while for the plot to really develop, but when it did the setup felt extremely well done and it made the payoff of these pivotal moments even more important to the reader.

There are multiple scenes where it is depicted, later discussed, and also scenes where more victims are interviewed or made to remember.Like, why do they hate the dragons so much that they would go to such lengths to prevent the Fool from achieving his path?