Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb

8 reviews

briely's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’m an empty shell of a man right now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Kidnapping, Child death, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

johannaplatt's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Having two PoVs was a refreshing change from previous Farseer books! I can see how this book sets up the final trilogy nicely, there's a lot of "scene setting" and introduction of plots. Robin Hobb is an excellent writer - the character

Shun

made me want to scream with annoyance!

Molly's death was heartbreaking for both Fitz and Bee and I was thinking about it for days.

Ended on a cliffhanger and I am keen to see how the next books starts - straight continuation or time jump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

aseel_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This started off super slow, but by page 200, I just devoured it and omg the second half plot??? Freaking wild and stressful, I just want to go home and pick up book 2. Also totally reading Bee as autistic coded 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Dementia, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Grief, Bullying, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Pregnancy, Classism, Gore, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, Sexual content, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Rape

ingvirei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Death

nightstitch96's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Animal cruelty

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Robin Hobb is a perfect example that fantasy can be whatever you want. It doesn't have to be about strong, young people living exciting adventures. It can also be about a middle-aged, non-white man finally enjoying a time of peace and reflecting on his troubled past while his wife grows old. Reflecting on the price of magic, on friends lost and on settling in a place and a body that feel his own.

This book is the first volume in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, and it's brimming with melancholy and uneasiness. We are reunited with our dear Fitz, trapped in a body younger than his real years and watching his loved ones age. We feel the passing of seasons and we glimpse strange things that don't seem like much at first but end up forming a tapestry the pattern of which is still blurry but which does not bode well.

After reading about Fitz for 6 long books, I'm still not tired of him and it makes this one all the more poignant. It is a sad book, but it also has rays of light and fantastic new characters, some I love and others I love to hate.

I have a list of the content warnings below but I want to warn you explicitly that the end of this book has the worst scene of animal cruelty I have ever read. I still haven't recovered from it more than 5 years after reading it, and this time I made sure to skip it. It is the worst, and though Robin Hobb has handled this topic very well in the past I do think she went too far here. The fact that I still love and recommend this book says a lot, but please be warned.

Rep : brown MC possibly polyamourous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Bullying

Moderate: Ableism and Death

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts