Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Las naves del destino by Robin Hobb

91 reviews

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

picklepig245's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Torture

birchjilguero's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse

moppyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse

ethan_wax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

5.0

Exceptional. An unforgettable conclusion to a brilliant story. Can’t wait to read Fool’s Errand

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

dasha22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? N/A

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

gooseberry420's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

I really loved this book but

the rape scene really ruined a lot of it for me and how Althea got no justice.

Other than that it was excellent but I don’t like the way that was written :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

nathanpantalion's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Robin Hobb is an absolute expert at creating real characters. She is an expert at making those characters relatable, with emotional weight behind them. 

Ship of Destiny has these things in spades. The villains are real, and terrifying because of their realness. The general story arc is very high caliber, and I appreciate the overarching plot. 

I do think that Hobb as an author (at this point I have read six of her books) can struggle to create a satisfying ending. Things happen, and happen, for two thousand pages. You are gripped by the characters the whole time. Althea, Malta, Amber, Paragon, Wintrow, Kennit... These are some of the most interesting and fleshed out characters I have read. As compared to other character focused authors who don't mind straying too far into darker territory, I appreciated how Hobb was so intent on showcasing growth and change (as compared to Abercrobmie for example). However, after two thousand pages of you wondering how this will all work out, it just kind of... does. Similar to the Farseer trilogy, a greater power appears and makes the conflict moot. 

Spoilers for both this AND Farseer Trilogy:

In both the Farseer trilogy, and Liveship Traders trilogy, we end up with almost every important conflict being overwritten by a dragon (in the case of Verity's, more of a pseudo dragon) just running over the opposition. Yes there is a lot of important growth, and powerful reaction in regards to this, and I do certainly see how this is going to continue to affect the world in further RoTE books. In the end though, it can sometimes come off as unearned.

If the ending was a bit cleaner, I think this would be a 5 star book for me, but 4.5 is a strong score.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

This series contains multiple graphic rape scenes. They are very important to character arcs, but can be tough to read.

impville's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery

emiliem_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence