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The Mad Ship, by Robin Hobb

3 reviews

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, Pedophilia, Drug use, Slavery, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, War, Abandonment, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Animal death, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Classism, Ableism, Excrement, Death of parent, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Sexual coercion, abuse of power; victim blaming/rape culture (challenged), complicity in assault and abuse. Descriptions of sexual abuse and rape in captivity as well as the aftermath thereof, but no graphic scene; attempted rape and discussion thereof in one scene. Withdrawal. Illness, epidemic. Earthquakes. Relationships between adult men and pre-teen/teenage girls, as well as allusions to relationships between adult women and teenage boys.

emily_mh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This was everything I expected and wanted from a Robin Hobb book! Seeing all the characters evolving in their own way was so satisfying. It is a testament to Hobb’s talent that Malta was one of my most hated characters of all time at the end of the last book, but I absolutely loved her by the end of this book. It was also a joy to see the plot really come into itself (the pacing was a lot better in this instalment). I cannot wait to read Ship of Destiny!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Ableism, Violence, Drug abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Toxic relationship, Gore, Slavery, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Car accident, Sexism, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Excrement, Classism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Grief, Body shaming, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Child death

Major warning for earthquakes. Moderate warnings for internalised ableism, toxic masculinity, flooding. Minor warnings for aphobia, suicidal ideation, drowning, insects, illness, gambling, stillbirth, loss of a loved one, eye trauma, volcano.

cmak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

A lot of the questions from Ship of Magic, especially in regards to the world’s lore.  It also made me kinda like Malta (how is that possible?!?).  Another enjoyable(?) (can that word truly be used in conjunction with Robin Hobb?  It’s odd to say that watching people go through so much trauma is enjoyable...) book.

Spoiler

There are explanations for some of the things that happened in the Farseer trilogy in this book that I appreciated, specifically regarding Verity/the dragon in Assassin’s Quest.  It was funny hearing the dragon talk about her opinion of elderlings putting their lives into stone statues to try to mimic her life for a short period of time. Also, it is interesting that Althea, arguably the main character from the first book, is not included in Amber’s fortellings.  The “nine-fingered” one has done his task of releasing She Who Remembers, and Malta (with the help of Reyn) has released the dragon who will protect the serpents so they can cocoon.  It was interesting seeing Amber’s own confusion that Althea was not fulfilling either of these roles.  Maybe she did follow the wrong sister, but for the better as I think Paragon will continue to play a major role in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia