Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

4 reviews

luise96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I went through this book super fast and didn’t even noticed when I reached the end. Mostly because so little happens in this book, but Robin Hobb again managed to write amazing characters that I already love (and hate) and do some incredible world building. This book is very clearly meant as a set-up for the following books to come. The book is a bit shorter than her other books, so it feels like maybe one book got cut into two or something like that. I am excited about what will come next with the dragons!

I really liked the overarching theme of „disabled“ or just different people (and dragons) and how most see them as unfit to live and should be killed at birth, curious to see what will happen with this theme still. 

LOL This closet was made out glass for sure. I was happy to see some more queer representation in this book, after I had to endure some pretty homophobic thoughts from Fitz. But sometimes I just would like to read a fantasy book where homophobia wasn‘t a thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book is basically what would happen if you would take “no plot, just vibes” and made it fantasy. 

Which isn’t to say there was no plot. There was, the story was moving; things were absolutely happening, slowly but surely. But at the same time, the characters, their musings, and their relations to one another moved the book along most. And that was really cool! 

It made the book slow down and still ensured every page was gripping. It also made for a diverse group of characters about whom there was always more to learn, and we as the reader kept learning. 

There were a few times where the writing style didn’t entirely work for me. A times, the direct style can feel like it’s telling the reader too directly what a character is feeling, thinking, implying. Most of the time it worked, sometimes it didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexism

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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 cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Medical content