Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Golden Fool by Robin Hobb

17 reviews

ofthebrownajah's review

adventurous challenging 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

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Violence, Animal death, and Murder

themysteriouserk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

A wonderful and entertaining continuation of the second of Robin Hobb’s trilogies focusing on FitzChivalry Farseer and those who share his life and world (and the third of her overarching Realm of the Elderlings series). This one does a lot to grow our understanding of both Fitz and The Fool/Lord Golden/Amber and has plenty of insightful and impactful moments, but spends more time dealing with the fallout of the previous book and setting things up for the next than doing a lot of its own, despite some intriguing political machinations and new information on the books’ unique magic system.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Ableism

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Rape, and Slavery

anaguana's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Death, and Drug use

baladric's review

hopeful reflective tense medium-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: Ableism and Animal death

Minor: Homophobia

There is a character with what presents as Down Syndrome, and there are several slurs aimed at him, and ableist rhetoric. It improves throughout the book. The homophobia is largely internalized by the main character, and only brought to the fore in a few scenes, and then it's fairly lowkey.

annailles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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: Animal death, Ableism, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Bullying

geekmom's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia and Murder

hardbackednooks's review

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

• 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

This is by far the slowest of the three Tawny Man books, but it gives us the most so far in terms of character progression and backstory. Watching Dutiful come into his own as a proper Farseer Prince of the Six Duchies is so satisfying and well-written. He really shines through Fitz's observations in this book.

The biggest issue with this book is the blatant and unnecessary ableism we see about and directed to one of

the members of Dutiful's coterie

whose very name is an ableist slur. It's rampant throughout the entire Tawny Man trilogy and really puts a sour taste in my mouth despite otherwise being great books. Even the main characters, in trying not to be as cruel to this character, still end up being massively ableist and belittling towards him. Frankly, if he were removed as a character and the fixation on disability completely avoided, it wouldn't change the story hardly at all and would be much improved for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Ableism