Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

13 reviews

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Animal death and Child death

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Rape

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Animal death

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and War

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Miscarriage, Child death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Rape

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Death, Murder, Blood, Animal death, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism, War, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape, Miscarriage, Vomit, Infertility, Death of parent, Abortion, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Slavery, Ableism, Child death, and Pedophilia

lukegreed's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Rape

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.5

very slow book, especially at the beginning, but i enjoyed it anyway. Robin Hobb’s characters are so wonderfully written and the dynamics we got to see in this third book were even better crafted than in the previous installments. i absolutely loved the “quest” element that was very dominant in the story, and i found the ending flawless. i will absolutely be reading the other RotE books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Addiction and Pregnancy

tayanapier's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

This book was good but also not great.  The beginning of the novel starts straight away after the events of books 2 ending and it’s a great start to the novel. Fits is going through ALOT. However the rest of the novel (like 500 pages) is of him on a journey and there is not much destination happening. And THEN for the last 100 pages we finally get some actual action and magic but the ending is over very quickly. The final ‘battle’ is very short and not very detailed. Also why does every new female chapter Hobb introduces want to sleep with Fitz. they were not the most well written characters, especially after how brilliantly written Krettian and Lady Patience are in the novels (would have loved to see more of their journey in the novel as they are bad bitched that don’t mess around). 
HOWEVER, saying all of that what we did get of the magic of the world was very interesting. The relationship Fitz has with Nighteyes and the Fool, chefs kiss. Would literally die for those two. The dynamic that these 3 characters had with each was definitely one of the most enjoyable parts of this book. 
Overall this I think was the weakest novel in the trilogy in regard to plot, the writing and pros however is definitely the strongest out of the three. 
I would still definitely recommend this series as it is mostly very enjoyable and i think sets up the stage for the following novels in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, and Violence

kaziaroo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Outing, Rape, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Transphobia

prairieraven's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

This one reads a lot slower until the end of the book again where so much happens in the last 140 pages that it feels rushed and some things glazed over after 2 books of build up (not sure if this trilogy is done yet). Overall the trilogy as a set is great, a bit plodding in parts but the characters make up for it. I grew to enjoy the wolf a bit more in this book. It left me wanting to know more about the wit and skilling so perhaps that will be in another book. Solid 3 stars for the series. Recommended for adventure and fantasy readers who like to dive into other realms when they read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Cannibalism, Child death, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abortion, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage