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Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

20 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

truthwatcher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Rape

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

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

nessavamusic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Gaslighting and Violence

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

seasonedreadings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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: Gaslighting and Rape

rtmn93's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

readwithbells's review against another edition

5.0

I expected nothing less than perfection from a trilogy ending book from Hobb and I got it. Even better, it feels like the end of a season of a show but also a promise that we will see these characters again. And wow do I ever love these characters. I was consistently struck with how, even when switching between 10 different people with cliffhanger after cliffhanger, I was never disappointed to be reading the next perspective in the line. I liked every character. Learning to love Malta has been the craziest journey I’ve been on with a character, her selfishness in the first book was almost enough to stop reading but she became one of my absolute favourites.

As a whole, this trilogy is about trauma and the cycles of abuse. Every character experiences trauma and deals with it in their own way, learning to find their individuality in spite of what they have endured. They’re pretty bleak and deal really nonchalantly with death, rape, and torture. It shocked me in the first book and it shocked me in the third. Hobb has a real mastery of including real-life horrors with the casualness of the brutality of real life. It’s hard to read, and some endings were shockingly bittersweet. But these books are worth reading (as much as I love Fitz, I love all these characters almost as much and am so glad I took the time to read their stories). I can’t wait for the next ones. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Classism, Slavery, Pedophilia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

poisonenvy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

I don't know where to even begin with this review. This book was excellent. The prose was great, the characters were great. Everything that I wondered whether it would be utilized eventually was, in fact, eventually utilized. I was also glad when theories I started developing last book came to fruition in this book. 

I wish there was more to say on this, and I'm sure there probably is, but honestly, I'm just really glad I discovered Robin Hobb this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Slavery