Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

64 reviews

anwyndgd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

ulyssies's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

soggypotatoes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

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: Death, Violence, and Blood

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

Minor: Addiction and Pregnancy

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, and Torture

plume_de_renarde's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

ofthebrownajah's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

Moderate: Rape and Violence

readwithbells's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

5.0

This might be my new favorite fantasy trilogy. I feel like Fitz is a real person, and more than that a friend who I want to literally shake as he makes stupid decisions (but not in a way that makes reading this unenjoyable). At the beginning of this book I was getting so mad at him my partner suggested this book might be bad for my mental health ahahah. But I love it. I love the Wit and the Skill, I love Nighteyes, the ending with the Elderlings was so satisfying and so sad and so wondrous and fantastical. I don’t quite know how to review this because it doesn’t feel like it’s over yet. It feels like I’ll just continue to read this until forever (and to be fair there are 6 more books with Fitz but I don’t think that’s affecting this mood that much). I can’t believe that this isn’t even the best trilogy of the bunch (according to my fellow booktubers). Like how could it get better?

Robin Hobb’s writing is like drinking tea, it’s so accessible and descriptive and yet doesn’t feel like she’s holding your hand at all. There were some twists in this third book that were SO good I didn’t even know to expect the twist and yet it made everything fall into place in the story. The interwoven storyline is just so masterful. I love these books. I feel attached to them in a way I can’t recall feeling about a book series in the same way. I’ve never felt like a character is as real as Fitz. Like I’ll wake up and have a text message from him on my phone. I cried, I laughed, I gasped, this whole this is completely masterful. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape

nico_asteri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow. I really loved this whole trilogy but it was a challenging read. Fitz never really catches a break and even though it all makes sense in the story, it's hard to see him face betrayal after betrayal, and lose so much. After I finished, my first thought was "that was one of the best series that I will never ever read again". However I will say the books are worth reading. Fitz is an interesting character and he's very consistent in his behavior. I think my favorite character aside from Fitz is probably Nighteyes or the Fool. I saw there were more books that follow the Fool and I definitely plan on reading those someday (once I emotionally recover from reading this series).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Rape

There is a part where a character's body is taken by the Skill and used to impregnate another character. This is technically done willingly and with everyone's knowledge/consent but also the character that is taken over does not have much of a choice so it's not what I'd call enthusiastic consent. The description isn't graphic but the character is clearly bothered by his body being used in this way so while it's maybe not quite rape, it could be troubling for anyone sensitive to that kind of content.

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

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

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