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elliekg's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Confinement
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery, and Grief
aseaoftomes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
For those of you who don't know me, the Realm of the Elderlings (RotE) is a series that means everything to me. It's impossible to review something I love and adore as much as I do. Anything I say about this book won't encapsulate the overall feeling and story, so I'm not going to do my normal routine (fully).
This is the second book in the Farseer trilogy and the second book in the overall RotE series and it picks up right where the first book left off. Fitz is in the Mountains recovering from the events from the prior book and when he finally returns to Buckkeep he's met with all kinds of political intrigue and turmoil and the continuing war. But there's so much more than that.
Every element I normally do in my breakdowns (writing, plot, characters and world building) is just phenomenal. Hobb's characters and world building in particular are some of the best I've read. It's not a simple act of reading these books, you live them.
This series is not for those faint of heart, but it's worth everything if you can manage it.
This is the second book in the Farseer trilogy and the second book in the overall RotE series and it picks up right where the first book left off. Fitz is in the Mountains recovering from the events from the prior book and when he finally returns to Buckkeep he's met with all kinds of political intrigue and turmoil and the continuing war. But there's so much more than that.
Every element I normally do in my breakdowns (writing, plot, characters and world building) is just phenomenal. Hobb's characters and world building in particular are some of the best I've read. It's not a simple act of reading these books, you live them.
This series is not for those faint of heart, but it's worth everything if you can manage it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Grief
eleasily's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse and Torture
Minor: Ableism and Addiction
achingallover's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I think perhaps this suffers slightly from being the middle of a trilogy, and certain parts dragged a little, but the final chapter was pure poetry and I can't wait to read the next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence