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Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

165 reviews

wranglerofwords's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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the_lia_library's review against another edition

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3.75

The conclsuion to the Liveship Traders left me overly not very satisfied.

My trilogy rating as a whole is 3.75:
I think we started off good in the first book and I was scared at first after absoutely adoring the Farseer trilogy but as I got more in the book, I got the hang of the characters, the plot was being laid out etc.
The second book completely gripped me, It had action and the characters felt more distinguished. I had really high hope for the way it would end and that just fell short for me, yes it pulls at my heart strings and I got emotional over some story lines but it just didn't feel completed at the end. I expected stronger endings for some characters and the punishment for the big bad just didn't do it for me. It was like watching Cersei die a good death all over again.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.” 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝. “𝙔𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 [redacted]. 𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝. 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨? 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩?”

What an absolutely epic conclusion to this series!

I had such a hard time putting a pause on this read; it felt it was just non-stop action and political machinations, all while amazing lore was being unveiled.

I won’t say too much about the plot, but I will say this series has some of my all-time favorite characters. I mean, go ahead and crown me Queen of the Malta Fan Club, because I loved her from the very beginning, with all her epic brattiness, and I was rewarded with truly one of the best character arcs I’ve ever read. And Kennit, wow, what a complex character. These Liveships have my heart, especially Paragon.

I loved the ending. There was no way I was going to predict what was to happen, but I thought each character’s conclusion was perfect for them and the story.

Audiobook notes: I’ve heard people don’t like the narration, but I quite enjoyed it. I listened to it at 2x speed, so that very well could have made a difference? Just a tip if you’re interested in audio!

What this book is giving:

✅ Epic Fantasy Saga

✅ The best characters

✅ Liveships (Paragon!! 💚)

✅ Pirates

✅ The coolest lore.

✅ Tragedy

✅ Heartbreak

✅ But also heartwarming stuff, too! 🥰

Rating:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

⚠️ Mentions of Child SA

⚠️ Rape

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10stormlight's review against another edition

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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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ieneh's review against another edition

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5.0

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snd1101's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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spottyrhyme's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

3.75

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caseyansara's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-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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nimunne's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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nadia's review against another edition

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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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