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Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

32 reviews

stalfos's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, and Xenophobia

alexalovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I’m still quite new to this universe and Hobb’s writing style, but I do think what I’ve encountered so far has been impressive — particularly in the way that her words pull me right into this world and this story, a story that revolves around political intrigue and maneuvering with a hint of magic and mystery to boot. It does tend to take me longer to make my way through one of her novels, but I’ve now finished two where I felt the journey to get there was worth the time (nor do I feel the actual passage of time or length of the novel as I read).

Unlike the first novel in this trilogy, it feels like we jump right in to big political and personal conflicts for the Farseer line and in particular, Fitz. I still have a stronger preference overall for mostly secondary characters and their parts in the main story and in Fitz’s life, but I did find Fitz more interesting this time around… save for the romantic aspect of his life. It wasn’t necessarily something I cared about in particular, but it got a lot of page time in this novel. But it’s the rest of the conspiracies and mysteries and turns that the book takes that kept me reading, and honestly, it really builds up towards the ending quite well. It’s definitely cemented my interest in reading all the books in this world, as well as given me even more of an understanding as to why many other readers love Hobb’s work in the Realm of the Elderlings.

(I also now understand why my friend Kristin said I would likely want to dive right into the next book after I finished this one - she’s right.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

frankenstens13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

I love this series, but the ending... Well I would recommend having the 3rd book on hand. It was a little confusing but I hope it will be explained more in the next book. 

Molly and Fritz were a little annoying at times but it was written in a way where it made sense

I would highly recommed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Miscarriage, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

s3ag0at's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

westernsunshine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Grief

mothmania's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

xila17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-paced

4.75

I love the Fool so much you don't get it
(I'm totally reading the next 12 1000-page-long books just so I can get to the bottom of his character)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Cried at the end...  Will be continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

loriley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

searchandrescueteam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The second of a trilogy is always a treat: you’ve read the first and want more, and you know if you like this one, there’s at least one more!
Now the central character is an adult - and the complexities of his relationships are ever more tangled.  
The matter of loyalty and allegiance at odds with other strongly held values is a recurrent theme here - and, as in life, unresolvable without compromise.
The twists and turns of the plot were enough to keep me reading to the last page … and wanting more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Sometimes a distressing read, if the reader feels empathy for the central character. Worth it - to see our daily complexities in a different way.