" Most trilogies in my experience tend to drag in the second volume as the author treads water before the wam-bam-zowie finale. The Farseer trilogy is different as the first third of this final volume is painfully slow, compared with what had gone before, as the main character starts his quest. However, such is the quality of the writing it remains readable and once the quest is in full swing, the reader's rewards are great with a wonderful climax followed by a low key, poignant elegaic ending. "
— Paul, 2/10/2014