Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

40 reviews

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

karlin0336's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

It's books like this that make me question whether any of the books I've rated five stars in the past really were five star books.
 This was an emotional rollercoaster, to say the very least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy

lastlostgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Every word written about the Fool was my favorite word in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, and Violence

alipenguinface's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Fuckin hell 😂😂😂😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

luise96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Child death

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, and Cannibalism

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Confinement and Cannibalism

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy

laraloops's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book, a great second book that like the first was rather slow and steeped in politics and slow torture of Fitz. The conflicts he encounters is reflective over his growth as a person and character.  

The book felt short to me as I was on my toes pushing through to see how things could get better for Fitz and how everything could crash down - the last 100 pages was quite the climax that didn't really let up until the last couple of pages. I definitely saw some twists coming but the story still unfolded in a way I wasn't expecting. The character work was fantastic and I'm excited to see how the trilogy will conclude. 

I loved the part when he goes "crazy" at the banquet - so violent and yet satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Torture, and War

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

gabi_reii's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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