Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

16 reviews

clarissa_joy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

josiah17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

An overall very enjoyable conclusion to a wonderful trilogy. This book did feel a little lengthy near the end of it, and I was kinda ready for it to be done after some infuriating moments, but it was still a good read. Hobb manages to wrap up character arcs quite well and lay some interesting groundwork for the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings series. 

In particular, Malta's character work and Paragon's journey really stands out to me. It's crazy how I quickly I went from still disliking Malta to loving her in this book. She's grown so much. Paragon's journey I found to be very compelling even though he remained annoying and childish at times. He too ends up in a completely different place and his maturity and new understanding he's found was amazing to read. 

Unfortunately I was pretty indifferent towardss the whole Satrap plotline and Serilla's character arc. They just didn't do much for me. 

Also very glad that Kennit and Kyle are dead. I was kinda enjoying Kennit after Mad Ship and then he becomes utterly despicable here.

Anyways, solid book, good trilogy. I was originally apprehensive to continue Realm of the Elderlings and get back to Fitz's story, but now I'm maybe more interested in the Tawny Man trilogy. Not sure if I'll get to it this year or next year, but I will be continuing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Chapter 26 graphic rape scene

10stormlight's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Misogyny, Drug use, Sexism, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia and 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

bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

Another great addition to Robin Hobb's "Realm of the Elderlings". I'm glad the character development finally came through.

8/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Rape, and Sexual content

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

ailurolily's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual content

tori_mccausland's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Drug use, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Emotional abuse

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, War, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug use, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Suicide, Self harm, Infidelity, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Earthquakes and aftermath. Near-drowning. Nonconsensual drugging. Attempted rape, including of a teenager and a sleeping/drugged person. Victim blaming/rape culture. Relationships between teenagers and adults.

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, War, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Confinement

Minor: Ableism and Child abuse