4.57k reviews for:

Ship of Magic

Robin Hobb

4.27 AVERAGE

victoria_vicariously's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rybaby's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ashurredly's review against another edition

5.0

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God I forgot just how viscerally I hate Kennit and Kyle.

valhecka's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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not as engaging as Farseer but I'm interested in all of the mess happening in so many different directions.

coralrose's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

deaevtimova's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad 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: Yes

kellen_kat's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

weasleygirl04's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alliereadstoomuch's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Yes

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This book was so good and I cannot wait to read the rest of the trilogy! 

Characters: We get so many morally grey characters (Kennit, Etta) and characters grappling with what to do (Althea, Wintrow), and even some straight up horrible characters. And Robin Hobb really dives into the idea that most people aren’t all good or all bad. There are a number of characters I still don’t know how to feel about. Except the live ships are great, I love them.
World building: Pirates! Sea serpents! Mysterious talking ships and wood. I may not exactly understand what’s going on with all of it but I can’t wait to learn more.
Plot: I am trying so hard not to look up spoilers because I want to know what happens! Who gets what ship? Who ends up with who? Who even survives through all of this?

kim_e_d's review against another edition

4.0

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The cliffhanger at the end is wanting, as the rest of events seems predictable. I hope the author will play on reader expectations in the rest of the trilogy.