Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

77 reviews

gen314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

booksta_adventure's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.” 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝. “𝙔𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 [redacted]. 𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝. 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨? 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩?”

What an absolutely epic conclusion to this series! 

I had such a hard time putting a pause on this read; it felt it was just non-stop action and political machinations, all while amazing lore was being unveiled.

I won’t say too much about the plot, but I will say this series has some of my all-time favorite characters. I mean, go ahead and crown me Queen of the Malta Fan Club, because I loved her from the very beginning, with all her epic brattiness, and I was rewarded with truly one of the best character arcs I’ve ever read. And Kennit, wow, what a complex character. These Liveships have my heart, especially Paragon.

I loved the ending. There was no way I was going to predict what was to happen, but I thought each character’s conclusion was perfect for them and the story.

Audiobook notes: I’ve heard people don’t like the narration, but I quite enjoyed it. I listened to it at 2x speed, so that very well could have made a difference? Just a tip if you’re interested in audio!

What this book is giving:

✅ Epic Fantasy Saga 

✅ The best characters

✅ Liveships (Paragon!! 💚)

✅ Pirates

✅ The coolest lore.

✅ Tragedy

✅ Heartbreak

✅ But also heartwarming stuff, too! 🥰

Rating:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

⚠️ Mentions of Child SA

⚠️ Rape

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

10stormlight's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Misogyny, Drug use, Sexism, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery

caseyansara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

nadia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Overall, a decent end to the trilogy, but I was a teeny bit let down, given just how much I loved Ship of Magic. 

I finished The Mad Ship almost a year ago, so maybe I was a little out of touch with it all, so I struggled to piece together the politics and the motivations of all of the characters. 

I also felt like some character decisions did not make sense to me or were frustrating, and some character arcs were ended unsatisfactorily, especially those that I feel didn't get their just deserts...

Still, Hobb is an incredible storyteller, creating rich, complex, morally grey leading characters, and the way she weaves everything together is so masterful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Slavery

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-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

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, Pregnancy, War, Pedophilia, and Slavery

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Abandonment, Animal death, and Alcohol

bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

Another great addition to Robin Hobb's "Realm of the Elderlings". I'm glad the character development finally came through.

8/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Rape, and Sexual content

ulyssies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

loanereel's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

pinup_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book was my favourite out of the series. But on a whole the series itself is now one of my top. The characters in this are complicated and realistic, they make mistakes and it's easy to see where they went wrong. I loved the premise of this series, the soft magic systems and the reveals were shocking as well as intricate. This is my first few books I have picked up by Robin Hobb and she is definitely now one of my favourite authors. I definitely plan on reading more and will even pick this beast of a series back up one day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Rape, Torture, Violence, War, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Addiction