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88 reviews

Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ohhhhh man. good to be back. fitz is FARRR less of an irritating narrator in this book, compared to the first trilogy - what a relief!!!

it wasn't until halfway through this book that i realised that amber is the fool LMFAO. it was a line about fitz broken nose that made me think of the face amber carved paragon and i went OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

good trilogy. robin hobb insists on relationships with uncomfortable age gaps and or ethics

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

interesting. hard to read in places because some of the narrators are insufferable. also largely predictable. but good writing good setting ! i like sailing

Assassin's Quest - Illustrated Edition by Robin Hobb

adventurous emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

HMMMMM. pacing is soooo weird but thats whatever. there is so much repetition in this from stuff in the previous book, which was kind of grating. i think also maybe i just don't like fitz as a narrator??? i also think

the burich and molly stuff is sooo ooc LMFAO like. burrich would simply not do that,

anyway. great worldbuilding, time to start the next trilogy !

Royal Assassin - Illustrated Edition by Robin Hobb

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

really delicious storytelling. something about the pacing is offputting though - i think it's written as something being remembered rather than something Happening. but it's good anyway. 

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

adventurous emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

very fun very intriguing. the ending was a bit rushed and i found the pacing to be a bit strange in places but thats fine

Pact by Wildbow

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i mean. i mean. i mean. i love the original trilogy. this was a little frustrating bc of how disconnected in tone and story it was from the other three, and how much parts of it cheapened the whole experience.
 i loved the first maybe... 65% of this? but being inside lowry's head was as fucked up and disorienting as you'd expect, it was just that the tone was sooo jarring from the rest of this book and the other three that it was kind of just... offputting in a way that i felt didn't serve the purpose it was supposed to - i understand why that decision was made, i just didn't like it. it felt hard to take the end of the book seriously. i might just need to let it marinate a little bit. loved old jim's stuff though, very captivating. 

Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

this kind of sucks