Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

3 reviews

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.

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I remember liking this in high school but I think my tastes have changed significantly since then. There's a lot of ableism (internal and external) as Fitz navigates the new state of his body after the events of last book. I don't like how his early epiphany about how his body still can do things amounts to "at least I'm disabled, not elderly", which is extremely frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Rape, War, Child death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Confinement, Medical content, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Alcoholism

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Confinement, War, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Cancer, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Rape, and Xenophobia