A vain and narcissistic pirate whom I hated from the beginning also made me laugh in some scenes where he gets what he wants, but in unexpected ways. Unlike the Farseer entries, the story of the Liveship Traders is told from the POVs of multiple characters, each of whom is unique, fascinating, and very true-to-life. Is it possible to tell a story which has at its core an absurd-seeming concept of 'talking ships' and still infuse it with the pathos of a Shakespearean tragedy? Robin Hobb does this successfully, and how. To start with, this is one of the most imaginative pieces of writing I've encountered. There are many things I want to gush about with respect to this book.
And that thing pervades every bit of Ship of Magic, the first part of the Liveship Traders trilogy. Something did not add up, that intangible something that lies between good and awe-inspiring. When I read the Farseer trilogy a few years back, I remember quite liking the books, but I was not blown away by them in the way that many others were.
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