Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb

5 reviews

johannaplatt's review

adventurous 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

4.5

The end of Fitz and the Fool's story made me very emotional. Of course the main plot point of this book is Bee's rescue, but it's also about an ending for our poor dear Fitz. Really enjoyed hearing more of the "echoes" of Nighteyes than in previous books.

It's heartbreaking that Fitz couldn't be the father he should have been for Nettle and Bee, but he'd been through so much at that point, used so ruthlessly by the Farseer throne and the Fool that it's no wonder he wanted his last act to be for his own choice. My only criticism is that I would have preferred their going into the stone wolf to have been from Fitz's POV, I think emotionally that would have packed a bigger punch for our last moments to have been with Fitz, Nighteyes and Fool.

Bee is a capable person who no doubt we will see more of. I think people are unfair when they say she is unlikeable - she's complicated and traumatised. She is a product of what happened to her and what she had to do to survive. She's flawed and interesting. Would love to read more from her POV. The subplot of the Live Ships was very engaging and I enjoyed the returning characters (though I had forgotten some of the plot points from those books as I read them a while ago!).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Drug use, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Pedophilia

aseel_reads's review

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

philineselavy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Torture

Moderate: Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Rape

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

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit