Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

14 reviews

olive_75's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Fitz is growing up and building is own character and I am here for it. The writing is so good at showing instead of telling what is happening. The slowed down paced that illustrate how long the winter is for them. Mysteries unfold, showing how interconnected everything here in a fragile balance.

I really loved seeing Fitz character being developed since his almost death in the first book. How hard can it be for a teenager, almost an adult to built himself and making decisions about his future in his situation. He is flawed but like any boy his age thrown in impossible and dangerous situation. 
And I really liked seeing him learn and becoming an adult in the next books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gore

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.5

God robin Hobb really can make me feel the entire spectrum of human emotions, huh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Torture, Grief, Physical abuse, and War

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Child death, Drug use, Alcohol, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Animal death, Infertility, and Death of parent

eh1736's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Gore

talonsontypewriters's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Torture, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, War, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Ableism, Addiction, Cannibalism, Confinement, Dementia, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Xenophobia, Sexism, Child abuse, Excrement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Attack by animal. Strangulation. Poisoning/drugging.

ulyssies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Gore, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

whatcassiedid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

I felt like there were parts that could've been cut down but overall really good! The Fool is definitely the most interesting character of the series and I enjoyed learning more about him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Cannibalism, Confinement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Torture, and Suicide attempt

adeliab's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn't enjoy this as much as the first book. The treachery, plotting, and kniving nature of the antagonist grates at the reader and the main characters which is for good writing. Again not very diverse cast and there is a bit of a slow start but quickly speeds up. 

There is a new wolf character introduced and I'm not too much of a fan. It doesn't fit as well as Fitz. However the purpose and reasoning of this character unfolds later in the book. There is much more violence and gore in this one than the first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, War, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Drug use, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Abortion, and Abandonment