Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb

3 reviews

kendoll_renea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Torture, Gore, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

God. Probably the hardest RotE book to rate so far -- I loved the majority of it, and sobbed all through at least two chapters, but I have so many qualms with the ending (cathartic as it is to see Fitz finally truly at peace, it really doesn't feel believable or satisfactory for

him and Molly to get back together, let alone so soon; it just seems like too much time has passed for them to fall so easily back into it, especially with the recency of Burrich's death, and I have to wonder if whatever feelings persist are just love for the idea of what used to be, not the current reality, especially given how... tepid it feels compared to the literally fate-altering devotion in those chapters I cried over

) and enough discontent with how Thick is written (by far more nuanced and respectful than I would have expected of a character with Down syndrome, as he seems pretty objectively coded as, written in the early 2000s -- or perhaps even today -- but not without issues) that it's hard to reconcile those feelings. I'd feel remiss to pass either over for the other, so I'll lean closer to what I felt for probably the greater 90%, but I admit the conclusion does leave a bit to be desired.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Ableism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Sexual content, Infertility, Alcoholism, Incest, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Cannibalism

emilybarbian's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Slavery, and Confinement

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Pregnancy