Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

9 reviews

noeyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

Graphic: Trafficking, Gore, Child abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

errie's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Police brutality

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Excrement, Alcohol, Abortion, Abandonment, Torture, and Sexual violence

missgarceau's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Vomit, War, Excrement, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Misogyny, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Toxic friendship

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Excrement, Pregnancy, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, and Vomit

lapislazuli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.75

This book has a large cast of vivid characters and it does a great job at introducing them without overwhelming the reader. Each character has their own arc and the reader gets to know them very well. Some realize their mistakes and are able to grow, while others are a train wreck watched in slow motion. The ending is not that of a standalone book and does not provide resolution, so I'll be continuing with the second book right away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Torture

lunafrmoon's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Torture, Slavery, and Misogyny

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement and Suicidal thoughts

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Torture, Abortion, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, War, Excrement, and Fatphobia

Needles (tattooing). Illness, unsanitary. Hunting and skinning. Slut shaming, discrimination against sex workers (frequent use of "whore"). Sexual/romantic relationships between pre-teen/teenage girls and adult men, with some victim blaming attitudes toward this. Forced abortion, stillbirth.

kfox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Bullying, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Trafficking

Minor: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Rape, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Torture, and Sexual assault

natalie_davies's review against another edition

4.75

What with the web of names, places and plotlines to keep up with - not to mention the glacial pace - it took me a while to get into this. But I was rewarded with some of the best character work I've ever read! The "villains" are all really fun to hate, the underdogs (Especially Wintrow and Althea) are absolutely put upon, and even characters I found annoying (I'm looking at you Malta) got more interesting towards the end. 

I'm really looking forward to picking up the next in the trilogy now, even though this one took me nearly a month to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Violence, Drug use, Rape, Animal death, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Torture and Miscarriage