Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

75 reviews

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

plantbaybe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Kidnapping, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent

mollymawk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

sethryals's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Solid book, however, at times it seemed like it was struggling to find its identity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

chrisvoble's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

nexelle's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.75

The prose was nice. Found the world-building a bit boring in a way that it's a very box set medieval European fantasy. Nothing much happens except for like last 50 pages, we're just following main characters growing up.
I'm also pretty sure this book fails the Bechdel test (I only started actively looking for examples halfway through but yeah... It's visible it was written a while ago). There are hints at a queer character and a character with nonconfirmed gender. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping

poison_frogs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

ellenravioli's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Emotional abuse

dezzella's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

I think I was overhyped for this book. I saw so many people who love it and. for them after reading it, it became one of  their favourite series. So I was excited going in. It's a slow paced book, not too much happens until the very very end. I found it a bit drawn out/slow.

I did think it was interesting this is epic fantasy with first person perspective. Also the magic elements were interesting. There was some things that happened (and fair warning to those out there, there is pet death in this book), but the years of training and the main character just kinda felt like he was just watching things happen and didn't really do a lot himself. I know part of that is because he was a child for a portion, and perhaps he gets better in the future, but over all very underwhelmed. I'll still give future books a chance (I read this because people said to read this trilogy before the ship of magic book which was first to catch my eye by this author) so I guess we'll see if it gets better from here. I certainly hope that Fritz gets better going forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse