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Ship of Magic

Robin Hobb

4.26 AVERAGE

small_orange_dog_tales's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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

blooddoctorkelly's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

afender's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional 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

_luckycats_'s review against another edition

4.0

Great narrator - long and took a bit to get into but now I'm hooked!

alwaysivy's review against another edition

4.75

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

heythereyouarecool's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jnettreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

arwen_ds's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eurus96's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous lighthearted reflective relaxing tense 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: No

halftimelord's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had very high hopes for Ship of Magic after reading the Farseer trilogy last year, and at first I thought this wasn't going to match up - it took me a while to get into the ideas (talking boats?) and warm to the characters. Once I did though (which was a fair way through) I couldn't put it down!

Hobb writes brilliant, believable characters and relationships, and I can't wait to read the rest of this trilogy and find out what terrible things await them!

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