Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

106 reviews

alviol's review against another edition

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

3.5

Very slow start but ramps up in the end. Cried several times. Very up and down emotionally. Magic system is pretty intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Injury/Injury detail

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

plantbaybe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mollymawk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

micallab's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Solid book, however, at times it seemed like it was struggling to find its identity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity

killjoycatlady's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Gaslighting

lanna_aud's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abandonment

Minor: Infertility and Suicidal thoughts

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

nexelle's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.75

The prose was nice. Found the world-building a bit boring in a way that it's a very box set medieval European fantasy. Nothing much happens except for like last 50 pages, we're just following main characters growing up.
I'm also pretty sure this book fails the Bechdel test (I only started actively looking for examples halfway through but yeah... It's visible it was written a while ago). There are hints at a queer character and a character with nonconfirmed gender. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping