Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

27 reviews

irbix13's review

adventurous challenging emotional slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexism

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

beyourbestshelf's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

errie's review

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

s_blevins_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book is not for the faint at heart! It takes a while for the story and world to develop and get rolling, but once it does, you better buckle up, baby! Character and plot development are exceptional in true, Robin fashion. She immerses you in the world and lives of the characters in a way no other author can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, and Death of parent

backflippinwafflepancakes's review

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Alcoholism, Violence, and Miscarriage

hilwithonel's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

Look, I grew up on the farseer books. My favorite of all time.

And then I read this.

Robin Hobb's writing is.... perfect????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Miscarriage, and Drug use

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Bullying

smokingchagga's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

I stopped reading this book after looking up what event the hard trigger warning for book 3 of the trilogy was for. I don't mind having spoiled it for myself but I had to think long and hard if I was willing to read that. Needless to say, I couldn't stop thinking about this series and had to continue. 

Note: sexual violence is a major thing in this particular series. The threat of it is quite heavy and it can absolutely be a deal breaker for someone who is sensitive to it. There were also a few instances where an assault or the direct aftermath of one was explicitly shown. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts