Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Drakenbloed by Robin Hobb

9 reviews

acoupleofapples's review against another edition

3.0

Quite a violent book.

The whole seksem story line was awful and quite horrid. Contains most of the tags. Roughly 58% of the way through.

an okay ending to an okay chronicle within a brilliant series. Thankful to be returning back to  beloved and his fool 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Hate crime, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Gore, Pedophilia, and Rape

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: War

Minor: Gaslighting

errie's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Infertility, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

sarmckay's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Cannibalism

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

This novel concludes The Rain Wild Chronicles, the only series in Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings universe to count 4 books and not the usual 3. I do understand why 4, because each tome has its own narrative arc, but I also think most of the books could have been a bit smaller. Reading one book by Robin Hobb every month reminds me both how much I enjoy her works, but it also highlights repetitions and moments in which the story drags a little bit. Well, Blood of Dragons certainly had a few repetitions but I didn't find that it dragged, contrary to the previous 2 volumes. In this one, all the characters' journeys are headed toward some form of resolution. A large part of the book sets the stakes for the end which is a little rushed to my liking, especially in contrast to the long parts I mentined earlier. But it's still very enjoyable, and nuanced. We are reacquainted with a couple of characters from Liveship Traders, although not for long, so it won't bother readers who start with this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Trafficking, and War

kabrahams's review against another edition

4.5

Malta and Reyn reach Kelsingra, where they hope a dragon will heal their son. Sintara is attacked on her way to Kelsingra, where she is nursed back to health after Thymara is able to unlock the mysteries of the Silver well. Then the dragons go to Chalced to avenge themselves upon the Duke, who has been eager for dragon parts. We finally get a battle with dragons! They defeat the Duke and also save Chassim and Selden, who were his prisoners. Chassim makes a deal with the dragons and becomes the ruler of Chalced. Hest meets a bad but deserved end. We get a bit more of Althea, Brashen, and Paragon at the end of the book. Overall, a great series but I'm ready to get back to Buck and see how Fitz and the Fool are doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and War

Minor: Slavery

annailles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Slavery, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

achingallover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Kidnapping