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A review by marymayne
The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Another great installment in the Liveship Traders.
I liked this one more than the first. The characters motivations were clearer, making even the bad or wrong decisions feel justified.
The plot was great, continuing the story, adding more twists and turns and unravelling the mystery further. It felt less in this book like bad thing after bad thing was happening, and there was less (although still some) sexual violence - which had felt excessive to me in the first book.
There were some pacing issues as other reviews have mentioned, the 2nd and 4th quarters were great and engaging, but the 1st and 3rd felt super slow, which made it hard to pick up sometimes ~ especially given it is 900 pages lol
Really excited to read the 3rd book!
I liked this one more than the first. The characters motivations were clearer, making even the bad or wrong decisions feel justified.
The plot was great, continuing the story, adding more twists and turns and unravelling the mystery further. It felt less in this book like bad thing after bad thing was happening, and there was less (although still some) sexual violence - which had felt excessive to me in the first book.
There were some pacing issues as other reviews have mentioned, the 2nd and 4th quarters were great and engaging, but the 1st and 3rd felt super slow, which made it hard to pick up sometimes ~ especially given it is 900 pages lol
Really excited to read the 3rd book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Moderate: War and Murder