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Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb

4 reviews

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

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

How much pain & heartbreak can someone endure? This is one of the darkest books in Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings universe. Fool's Fate is the second volume in The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy, the last trilogy if you read all of them chronologically, and in this she ties together many, many strands weaved over the course of her other trilogies. I won't spoil you with the specifics of this novel. I will just tell you that when you think Fitz could not be worse, Hobb finds a way to hurt him a little bit more. But it's not about grand events or heroism. This is an aged man riddles with regrets and trying to repair the harm he may or may not have done. As with Hobb's other books it can be agonizingly slow, and yet it would be disrespectful to Fitz to hurry in the telling of his tale of woes. 
Rep : gender fluid / non-binary characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Torture, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

ciaradawson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child death, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Violence

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