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Wyprawa skrytobójcy by Robin Hobb

41 reviews

adventurous inspiring tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Complicated

I think I forgot how well written this book was, or I just understood it better having grown up a bit since then. In any case I don't recall being so viscerally shaken by the complete breakdown of Fitz over the course of these books. His development later in the books makes more sense to me again as well. I also realises again how much I appreciate that Hobb doesn't go for the "humankind is perverted and looting, rape, and murder is what it does best" kind of realism, but a much more nuanced version that is not less powerful in describing tragedy.

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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: Complicated

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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

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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

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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

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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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

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Love this book. Can get lost in it for hours.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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