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Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb

6 reviews

briely's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Cried a lot. First half was incredibly difficult to read for all the dread it put in me, had to actually stop and take several breaks from reading like I hadn’t with all the others. Mostly I am just so sad this long, long journey is at an end. I’m going to miss these characters terribly. Would that I could better articulate how I feel about it right now, but currently I’m just an emotional wreck so that’s that.

I think what it is is the knowledge that Fitz and the Fool’s story is completely over front to back. It’s not like we leave them happy in a cabin somewhere and can imagine their life together after the end, or I mean you could if you imagine the skillstream as some sort of nebulous heaven where they can create their own space together, but we have no glimpse into what the other side looks like and while I’m okay with that in a sense it also makes me sad not to know because I wanted Fitz and the Fool to have maybe like an ounce more closure before going into the stone together. It’s weird to think that there’s no other room for speculation because we’ve been with them quite literally their entire lives. I dunno I just miss them already

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.75

This would have been 5 stars if the ending was a bit more stretched out, it felt a little rushed, especially with Bee's ending, but otherwise, I really enjoyed all of the many plots connecting and all the characters interacting. I thought Fitz got a good ending but I wish nettle and bee developed a better relationship 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

what if we all blew up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Torture, Terminal illness, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Child death, Sexual assault, Rape, Classism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Ableism

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Bullying, and Infidelity

sneezy_5000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This series drew me in immediately and I could not get enough of it. Brilliantly written, creative, epic high fantasy. I think I'm spoiled for any other fantasy for a while. 
I don't think I will ever stop thinking about this book in particular. It is a stunning conclusion to the Realm of the Elderlings series. Seeing characters from all of the preceding trilogies (and the chronicle) coming together in ways I couldn't have predicted was *chef's kiss*. The "end" of Fitz and Beloved's tale is bittersweet but perfectly fitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

catrionamayj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

I really struggle to define how I relate to Hobb's works. 
Having read 16 of them (totaling well over 4 million words I believe) I obviously found them well worth the read. However I do find her style often directionless and meandering, I get the sense she writes through discovery without going through and doing the editing needed to make these tighter stories. 

How many times must we read about Bee trying to escape, failing and being beaten. How many times do we need to watch Fitz try and convince the rest of the gang to turn back

I feel the repetition of certain plot elements just lead to my frustration without moving the story or the character development forward at all. 
But also there was so much in this book to love, so many characters and settings I've been wanting to see either again or for the first time. All in all it was a very fitting conclusion to the RoTE series but I just couldn't love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

endymionshawk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

Minor: Torture, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence