Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb

6 reviews

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

sunny_bumblebee's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Grief

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

poisonenvy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

SECOND READTHROUGH, six months after the first. 

Don't have much to say on top of my original review. This book has one of my favourite scenes in all the books. The inconsistency with the timeline of this last trilogy is beyond frustrating. This series has great re-readabilty for all the things that would've been missed the first time around. I still love it. 

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This book was faster paced than Fool's Assassin, but that doesn't mean that it didn't remain a slow-paced book. This is not a criticism.  Robin Hobb is a master at the slow-burn story mode.  It's filled with a lot of considered character introspection and character growth. 

Fitz has the incredible ability to both be one of my favourite characters in all of literature, and likewise the most maddeningly frustrating ones I've ever met. Perhaps because I see myself struggling with a lot of the things that Fitz struggles with, and it's beyond frustrating to see him take a step forward and then take another step backwards in the same way I always manage to.  

Anyway, I love these books a lot. I can't believe I only have one left. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

nahlaaly56's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Literally nothing happens? Middle book syndrome! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Self harm

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