Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Las naves del destino by Robin Hobb

15 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

effie_may's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, and Murder

jana_f's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Slavery, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Mental illness, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

melt27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

So many loose ends were tied together so well. And such stunning character development throughout the series. Extremely well done 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

kenthekenku's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Violence, and Blood

10stormlight's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery

nadia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

Overall, a decent end to the trilogy, but I was a teeny bit let down, given just how much I loved Ship of Magic. 

I finished The Mad Ship almost a year ago, so maybe I was a little out of touch with it all, so I struggled to piece together the politics and the motivations of all of the characters. 

I also felt like some character decisions did not make sense to me or were frustrating, and some character arcs were ended unsatisfactorily, especially those that I feel didn't get their just deserts...

Still, Hobb is an incredible storyteller, creating rich, complex, morally grey leading characters, and the way she weaves everything together is so masterful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

queerdalloway's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Child abuse