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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

10 reviews

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Wow, Robin Hobb can end a chapter! She left me reeling more times than not. Compared to the previous two Farseer books, this one moves quick! Extremely emotional, especially at the beginning and end. There was an odd twist at the end that was uncomfortable but it fits with the culture of the Six Duchies. Loved how it came together in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Abandonment, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Addiction, Stalking, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Infertility

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

downtowndaly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage

thoseoldcrows23's review

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

4.0

 I can not express how much these characters have stolen my heart. This is for sure a new favorite series for me, and I'm sure my love will only grow as I move forward with the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings. That said, I am giving this one a 4 instead of a 5 because it really is absurdly long, and all though, by the end I had forgiven it all its sins, I can't pretend that there wasn't about 300 pages in the middle of it that dragged on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, Blood, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Torture, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape, Abortion, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

gabi_reii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Infidelity, and Confinement

allyordyna's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

What on earth just happened—

Molly got with Barage?? He’s Fitz’s father figure and could be Molly’s father; I can’t TT
Verity turns into a dragon and leaves his dear wife to run the kingdom on her own, after all she did to find him? Tragic. I was as weirded out as Fitz was when Verity uses his body to get Ketrikan pregnant.
Fitz has no happy ending, and I think that’s what upsets me the most. We’ve followed his self-sacrificial butt across 3 books and like 60 hours-worth of reading and he’s left alone in the final chapter, with no fool, no Molly, no Barage, no Nettle, no Chade, just his wolf and some kid that gets dumped on him… and his broken and scarred body.

I don’t even know what to think of that last chapter. I didn’t expect it all to wrap up so quickly, I suppose. Once again I am left wanting for more like an unquenched thirst. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Infertility, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

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

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

adeliab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Death, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Abortion, and Infertility

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

bluejay21's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy