Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Il custode del drago by Robin Hobb

6 reviews

acoupleofapples's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Child abuse

This was poorly paced and poorly written. Totally unexpected for Hobb

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

4.25

This book is basically what would happen if you would take “no plot, just vibes” and made it fantasy. 

Which isn’t to say there was no plot. There was, the story was moving; things were absolutely happening, slowly but surely. But at the same time, the characters, their musings, and their relations to one another moved the book along most. And that was really cool! 

It made the book slow down and still ensured every page was gripping. It also made for a diverse group of characters about whom there was always more to learn, and we as the reader kept learning. 

There were a few times where the writing style didn’t entirely work for me. A times, the direct style can feel like it’s telling the reader too directly what a character is feeling, thinking, implying. Most of the time it worked, sometimes it didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.25

I always find it jarring to go from the six duchies to the rain wilds/bingtown, but as always, after a while, I'm sucked into this world. Definitely want to book some characters on the head but overall, I like them all and can't wait to see what happens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gracecrandall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

mustnotblink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

Dragonkeeper feels very much like it’s missing half of its content. While the book does a great job introducing us to the world and its people, the plot seems to drag. The main characters have all come together by the end, but the end of the book feels arbitrarily picked - not plotted.

I normally do not have a problem reading story lines featuring abusive and manipulative men, but

I absolutely despise Hest.

He rubbed me so wrong that I was initially unsure if I wanted to read the next book. Ultimately I decided to continue the series because the setting is brilliant and I do want to see how the characters end up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Slavery