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adventurous
challenging
dark
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? It's complicated
5.0
What a captivating conclusion to this series. I finished the entire thing in a number of days because I just couldn't put it down and was desperate to find out what happened to these characters I have grown so attached to. It was everything I could've hoped for and more. Robin Hobb is a master of uncanny metaphors, rich world building, and the most complex of characters. Each one of the characters' decisions and motives have clearly been well thought out and as dark and surprising as they may be at times they all just make sense. I can't remember the last time a book had me literally clutching at my pearls and yelling out at the pages as though they could hear me but this certainly did. These characters will stay with me for the longest time, I love Althea and Malta and Wintrow and Amber and I am so intrigued by Kennit and how twisted he is. They were the perfect players to enact Hobb's themes of generational trauma and abuse, religion, family dynamics, slavery, and many other difficult themes. I'll probably recommend this series forever and ever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail