Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

2 reviews

aseel_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

2024: got through this book and really enjoyed it. A big fan of Fitz and the six duchies. Excited to see more of this world unfold, especially with the Witted. 

2023 dnf: A super slow but long high fantasy? Absolutely not in the right headspace to read this, will definitely be returning to it later 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gardensnail's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

Ah, FitzChivalry. 

Over the years I have constantly reread this trilogy, and I am always blown away by the absolute perfection that is Fool's Errand. It is the consummate perfect book for me. The characters are bright and gay, the prose wonderfully rendered, the problems urgent, and the solutions satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol

Spoilers for hate crimes:

The people of the Six Duchies are horrified of the Wit, a kind of animal magic that some people possess. Some Witted folk are hunted and killed in this book. Though not described in graphic detail, a mob attempts to stone a woman, and in another place, a mob succeeds in hanging over water and quartering another Witted person.