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Las naves del destino by Robin Hobb

49 reviews

lauramcc7's review against another edition

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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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ethan_wax's review against another edition

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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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effie_may's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0


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gooseberry420's review against another edition

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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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viporras's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0


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trbl's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

as always, i stayed up extremely late to read this, because all my self restraint goes when i read robin hobb. the live ship trader trilogy is so meticulously set out, i am at awe with how each pov seamlessly blends into one large comprehensible plot! as always, i was stressed out reading this, only because i am SO ATTACHED TO THESE CHARACTERS!! 

SO MANY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!!
kennit’s backstory … woah like he’s an evil dick and i’ll never forgive him for what he did to althea, but damn, he’s got a sad backstory… NOT AN EXCUSE THO AND HE DESERVED A MORE PAINFUL DEATH 🤬🤬 

paragon being the ship igrot took?!?! i absolutely love paragon, and now they’ve got igrot’s stash… WE SO UP RN ☝🏽☝🏽 OMG ALSO AMBER IS THE FOOL!! AND SHE GAVE PARAGON FITZ FACE IM SCREAMIJG INTO A VOID
 
it’s so funny because when i finished the farseer trilogy, i thought id be so excited to be done with the liveship trader trilogy. turns out I DONT WANNA LEAVE 😭🤥 the problem with these books is that they’re so addictive you just want to consume the book as soon as possible, but the downside is that soon you’ll be done with it all. i could write forever, but i’ll end this here…. WE UP RN WOOO

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jessiemessy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.0

I'm glad I stuck with this book because the final sea battle was AMAZING.

The whole last few hundred pages gave me the same feeling the first season of stranger things did, when all of the characters and their different story lines finally converge and it's extremely satisfying. Also the amount of character development everyone got was definitely a strength, I can think of several characters who would be unrecognisable to me if I went back to the first book now.

I'm being generous with the star rating just because I took a long break from reading this about half way through so my memory of the first half is quite hazy. But the sea serpent chapters really got on my nerves at this point in the trilogy, they annoyed me in the other books because of how much they killed the pacing but I finally lost patience with them in this one, and just began to skip them so that I didn't lose momentum. Even after knowing how they fit in with everything else going on, I don't think they needed as many chapters as they got.

Overall I didn't enjoy this trilogy as much as the farseer trilogy, though that is probably mostly due to my preference for stories that focus on one POV character rather than a bunch, and these books had a TONNE of different characters and storylines. They were woven very well and seamlessly and I did enjoy these books, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't glad to get back to the Six Duchies in the next book lol

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impville's review against another edition

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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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jana_f's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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roaming_enn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Paragon: “Be content with your own life, my friend, and live it well. Let others decide for themselves what path they will follow.” 
Amber: “Even when you see, with absolute clarity, that it is wrong for them? That they hurt themselves?” 
Paragon: “Perhaps people have a right to their pain. Perhaps they even need it.”

This was an amazing book and an amazing conclusion to the trilogy. There was one major traumatizing scene that I was totally unprepared for and ended up distressing me the whole day. So check the trigger warnings! Nevertheless, one of my favorite books this year, and my third 5-star book of the year too! (One other being also in the Realm of the Elderlings...) 

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