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The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest

by Robin Hobb

Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.

Pages
2,751
Reading time
≈ 49 h 50 min
Checkpoints
76
Genre
Fantasy, SF

Free on iPhone and Android.

How long does it take to read The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest?

At 2,751 pages, The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest is a doorstopper. Expect about 49 hours 50 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.

At 30 minutes a day, that is about 100 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 39 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).

Reading days to finish it
30 minutes a day100 days
Vread median pace (72 pp./day)39 days

Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.

Prove you read it

The Vread challenge: 76 checkpoints

  1. Checkpoint 1, page 36
  2. Checkpoint 2, page 72
  3. Checkpoint 3, page 109
  4. Checkpoint 4, page 145
  5. Checkpoint 5, page 181
  6. Checkpoint 6, page 217
  7. Checkpoint 7, page 253
  8. Checkpoint 8, page 290
  9. Checkpoint 9, page 326
  10. Checkpoint 10, page 362
  11. Checkpoint 11, page 398
  12. Checkpoint 12, page 434
  13. Checkpoint 13, page 471
  14. Checkpoint 14, page 507
  15. Checkpoint 15, page 543
  16. Checkpoint 16, page 579
  17. Checkpoint 17, page 615
  18. Checkpoint 18, page 652
  19. Checkpoint 19, page 688
  20. Checkpoint 20, page 724
  21. Checkpoint 21, page 760
  22. Checkpoint 22, page 796
  23. Checkpoint 23, page 833
  24. Checkpoint 24, page 869
  25. Checkpoint 25, page 905
  26. Checkpoint 26, page 941
  27. Checkpoint 27, page 977
  28. Checkpoint 28, page 1014
  29. Checkpoint 29, page 1050
  30. Checkpoint 30, page 1086
  31. Checkpoint 31, page 1122
  32. Checkpoint 32, page 1158
  33. Checkpoint 33, page 1195
  34. Checkpoint 34, page 1231
  35. Checkpoint 35, page 1267
  36. Checkpoint 36, page 1303
  37. Checkpoint 37, page 1339
  38. Checkpoint 38, page 1376
  39. Checkpoint 39, page 1412
  40. Checkpoint 40, page 1448
  41. Checkpoint 41, page 1484
  42. Checkpoint 42, page 1520
  43. Checkpoint 43, page 1556
  44. Checkpoint 44, page 1593
  45. Checkpoint 45, page 1629
  46. Checkpoint 46, page 1665
  47. Checkpoint 47, page 1701
  48. Checkpoint 48, page 1737
  49. Checkpoint 49, page 1774
  50. Checkpoint 50, page 1810
  51. Checkpoint 51, page 1846
  52. Checkpoint 52, page 1882
  53. Checkpoint 53, page 1918
  54. Checkpoint 54, page 1955
  55. Checkpoint 55, page 1991
  56. Checkpoint 56, page 2027
  57. Checkpoint 57, page 2063
  58. Checkpoint 58, page 2099
  59. Checkpoint 59, page 2136
  60. Checkpoint 60, page 2172
  61. Checkpoint 61, page 2208
  62. Checkpoint 62, page 2244
  63. Checkpoint 63, page 2280
  64. Checkpoint 64, page 2317
  65. Checkpoint 65, page 2353
  66. Checkpoint 66, page 2389
  67. Checkpoint 67, page 2425
  68. Checkpoint 68, page 2461
  69. Checkpoint 69, page 2498
  70. Checkpoint 70, page 2534
  71. Checkpoint 71, page 2570
  72. Checkpoint 72, page 2606
  73. Checkpoint 73, page 2642
  74. Checkpoint 74, page 2679
  75. Checkpoint 75, page 2715
  76. Checkpoint 76, page 2751

In Vread, The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest is split into 76 checkpoints, one every 36 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.

The challenge: validate all 76 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.

Also available in French on Vread.

Illustrative example

Checkpoint 1/76pp. 1–36

What a checkpoint looks like

A short, precise question about the pages you have just read: a character, a place, a choice.

The answer is in the text: reply in the app.

This is not a question from The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest: to avoid spoilers, the real questions stay in the app.

Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.

Summary, quiz, reviews: frequently asked questions

How many pages is The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest?
The edition listed on Vread has 2,751 pages. The exact count varies by edition (paperback, hardback, ebook).
How long does it take to read The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest?
About 49 hours 50 minutes of reading, or 100 days at 30 minutes a day.
Is there a quiz on The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest?
Yes: the Vread app has 76 reading questions on The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest, one per checkpoint, unlocked as you read.
Where can I find a summary of The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest?
Vread does not publish summaries: the app supports reading the book itself, part by part. Checkpoint questions cover what you have just read, which makes them a good way to check you did not miss anything.

Read The Complete Farseer Trilogy: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest with Vread

Add the book to your library, read at your own pace in whatever format you use, and validate each checkpoint. Vread is free on iPhone and Android.

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Written by Vread from its catalogue data (page count of the listed edition, checkpoints, ratings aggregated from 10 ratings). No summary or publisher text is reproduced. Reading times are estimates; see the method in the Vread Reading Barometer (in French).