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Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

4 reviews

errie's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Confinement, Stalking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, War, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Grief, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Torture, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

nadia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Overall, a decent end to the trilogy, but I was a teeny bit let down, given just how much I loved Ship of Magic. 

I finished The Mad Ship almost a year ago, so maybe I was a little out of touch with it all, so I struggled to piece together the politics and the motivations of all of the characters. 

I also felt like some character decisions did not make sense to me or were frustrating, and some character arcs were ended unsatisfactorily, especially those that I feel didn't get their just deserts...

Still, Hobb is an incredible storyteller, creating rich, complex, morally grey leading characters, and the way she weaves everything together is so masterful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Slavery

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, Pregnancy, War, Pedophilia, and Slavery

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Abandonment, Animal death, and Alcohol

pinup_and_pages's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

This book was my favourite out of the series. But on a whole the series itself is now one of my top. The characters in this are complicated and realistic, they make mistakes and it's easy to see where they went wrong. I loved the premise of this series, the soft magic systems and the reveals were shocking as well as intricate. This is my first few books I have picked up by Robin Hobb and she is definitely now one of my favourite authors. I definitely plan on reading more and will even pick this beast of a series back up one day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Rape, Torture, Violence, War, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Addiction