Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

33 reviews

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

I can't rate or review this now, this book has left me an emotional wreck.  When I'm feeling a bit more rational, I'll come back and do this properly. (02/05/2024)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Blood, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Confinement, Torture, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

alipenguinface's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fuckin hell 😂😂😂😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, and Alcohol

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.75

One thing that Robin Hobb has gotten right with these first two books is the way she writes the last quarter of the book. I was reading this sort of concurrently with another book (If We Were Villains) that had tension that coiled tighter and tighter. This book has tension but it builds, getting bigger and bigger until everything near the end of the book feels larger than life. Everything falls apart for Fitz in a way that I didn’t expect. It felt much more complex than most other fantasy books, and I appreciate that Robin Hobb continually makes me think I know where it’s going, but the characters make it go somewhere completely different. Maybe that’s the genius of being so deeply entrenched in one character’s brain for the entire book. All this being said, the building portion, the slow burn, can feel boring at the time. Which makes it hard to enjoy the book as a whole. I also want to read more about the women in the series. Fitz’s world is a man’s world, and while the women are equally as complex, we don’t get to see that as much in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Torture

Moderate: Death, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Blood

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

mcosmic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, War, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Child death, Murder, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

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

dianacally's review against another edition

dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Murder