Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb

5 reviews

johannaplatt's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

Pace was a little slower than Fool's Assassin and it could have perhaps used some tighter editing to help the story move along. I raced through the second half of the book as the plot was very compelling. Less POV from Bee in this one which I did miss. Another cliffhanger end leaving me wanting more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Pedophilia, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

4.25

Obsessed with the last third of the book, pulling all the previous books' characters and plots together, love it. The first part was a bit slow and sometimes Fitz was annoying but I still enjoyed the whole thing overall 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Grief, Sexual assault, Gore, Death, Rape, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery

talonsontypewriters'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child death, Grief, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Drug use, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Incest, Child abuse, Infertility, Ableism, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Transphobia, and Dementia

kabrahams's review against another edition

5.0

This review may be a bit incoherent because I loved it too much to have coherent thoughts about it and I stayed up way too late to finish it...

"Fool's Quest" mainly follows Fitz's realization of what happened at Withywoods while he was away and his search first to find Bee and then to avenge her after she is supposedly lost in the Skill Pilars. He is constantly torn between duty (especially now that he is regarded as a prince) and love, between helping the Fool and helping Bee. Other side characters include the faithful stable boy Perserverence, the wily servant Ash/Spark, and of course the ever-scheming Chade and his spoiled illegitimate children, Shun/Shine and Lant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Animal death, and Death

achingallover's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness