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Ship of Destiny

Robin Hobb

4.41 AVERAGE


Qu’elle serait bien cette saga sans le profond sexisme dont elle est empreinte. ça aurait été un super roman de 100 pages.
Edit : avis moins à chaud. Robin Hobb a su créer des personnages féminins nombreux, variés et crédibles (en général). Ce qui est,tout de même assez rare pour être signalé. Mais je suis très dubitative sur ce qui est fait de ces personnages… Pour être plus claire, je pense qu’Althéa méritait beaucoup mieux que ce qu’elle a eu, et sa trajectoire me rend assez triste/amère. Je comprend ce qui est fait autour de la figure du héro (qu’Althéa semblait endosser au tout début) qui finalement atterri sur un autre personnage, mais je peux comprendre le jeu et être en désaccord :( j’avais trouvé ça plus interessant dans l’assassin royal 1ere partie.
Bref. j’ai surement plus d’attentes sur la questions que pour des auteurs masculins, peut être est ce une erreur, mais l’autrice me parait engagée pour les femmes et j’aimerais le voir encore un peu plus dans ses romans :(
adventurous emotional tense 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
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

God I love this trilogy! Even as a re-read this blew me away. The characters are all so complex and flawed. Even the ‘good’ characters like Brashen have major flaws and the ‘bad’ characters like Kennitt have many redeeming qualities. It’s writing like this that really pulls me into a story and just makes them so relatable!

THE PLOT. Oh my god I absolutely love the twists and turns this series takes, I love the foreshadowing that clicks events and meanings into place towards the end.

Now this is as far as I’ve ever gotten with the Realm of the Elderlings series, so I’m very excited to continue and finish it this year!
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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jessmel8388's review

5.0

Went through so many waves of emotions reading this series. Hobb is so masterful at creating these characters and their development. What a satisfying conclusion!!!
adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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
adventurous emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes