Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Golden Fool by Robin Hobb

5 reviews

kendoll_renea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Ableism, and Violence

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

Would have given it a higher rating but it was very very slow to get going, and a lot of Fitz's behaviour was frustrating for a large portion of the book. Still, looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, and Animal death

Moderate: Violence and Gore

Minor: Sexual content, Drug use, Addiction, and Rape

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Death, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, Sexual content, Gore, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Infertility, War, Slavery, Vomit, Alcohol, Addiction, Child abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Child death, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

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