Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Las naves del destino by Robin Hobb

9 reviews

brookealdridge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

drewbmorgan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, and Classism

errie's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

lia_kim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-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

4.5

I kind of liked Kennit until this book, his raping of Althea was just unforgivable. As for Malta I loved her character progression in this book, she grew from a detestable spoiled brat to a responsible women throughout the 3 books. In this book I liked Winstrow less than I had the previous two books, his excusing of the entire rape situation was just blood-boiling to read. Another complaint I have with the book is the pairing of Althea and Brashen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Earthquakes and aftermath. Near-drowning. Nonconsensual drugging. Attempted rape, including of a teenager and a sleeping/drugged person. Victim blaming/rape culture. Relationships between teenagers and adults.

divine529's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

For those of you who don't know me, the Realm of the Elderlings (RotE) is a series that means everything to me. It's impossible to review something I love and adore as much as I do. Anything I say about this book won't encapsulate the overall feeling and story, so I'm not going to do my normal routine (fully).

This is the third and final book in the Liveship Traders trilogy and the sixth book in the overall RotE series and we continue to follow several characters, mostly from the same family (the Vestrits) with a few exceptions. This takes place in another part of the world - primarily Bingtown and we also get an added Rain Wild portion. As with the other books, it's full of feminism, pirates, dysfunctional families, political intrigue of a different kind than we had with Fitz and complex relationships of all kinds.

Every element I normally do in my breakdowns (writing, plot, characters and world building) is just phenomenal. Hobb's characters and world building in particular are some of the best I've read. It's not a simple act of reading these books, you live them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

I wouldn't say that Ship of Destiny let me down. It made me feel a lot, and that in itself is a victory. The characters are so real and flawed that I wish I could bang them on the head with a frying pan, yes, but if Robin Hobb's character writing wasn't stellar, that wouldn't happen.
However, I do find that the first half of this chunky volume drags. I just can't pretend I'm interested in what happens, because I'm not as invested in the characters as I am in the Farseer, Tawny Man and Fitz & Fool trilogies. However, my heart soars when we find passing mentions of these series & characters in Ship of Destiny, and one scene in particular is one of my favourites all books considered.
Do tread with caution, this book in particular deals with rape in an uncomfortably raw way, as much the act as its consequences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

szuum's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery