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micallab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Grief, Death, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity and Blood
bebby92's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, and Violence
atalea's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Torture
Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm
kurumipanda's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Animal death, Grief, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
kaziaroo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Death, Blood, Animal death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Infidelity
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
2023 dnf: A super slow but long high fantasy? Absolutely not in the right headspace to read this, will definitely be returning to it later
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Murder, and Slavery
alexhaydon's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and War
themysteriouserk's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Homophobia
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
annailles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Blood and Animal death
hardbackednooks's review against another edition
- 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
EDIT 4/29/2022: Just finished my second read of this and this book was SO SLOW compared to the others, which also weren't very fast. The first portion of the book is slice-of-life storytelling with Fitz/Tom Badgerlock, Hap, and Nighteyes living their idyllic life on the farm, which was honestly super lovely. The majority of the book, however, is endless traveling, witnessed/experienced persecution, and "tell don't show" style worldbuilding. The last 1/3 or so ramps up the action, drama, and tension which has basically everything that was missing at the beginning. It's definitely slower-paced than the others, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing since we do have a fairly large time gap to address and fill in. Based on what I could tell, it's somewhere around 8-10 years between the end of the first trilogy and the beginning of this one. The Liveship Traders trilogy events occurred towards the end of that time period, but since they didn't have much from the Six Duchies, there are a lot of events to cover.
Overall, this started out feeling like a weaker book in the overall series, but Hobbs' writing has improved so much at this point and the plots and intrigue ramp up more than enough towards the end of the book that it basically evens itself out for me. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the Tawny Man trilogy measures up.
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Torture