Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

16 reviews

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

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

I can't rate or review this now, this book has left me an emotional wreck.  When I'm feeling a bit more rational, I'll come back and do this properly. (02/05/2024)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

downtowndaly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, and Death of parent

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Excrement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Attack by animal. Strangulation. Poisoning/drugging.

smokingchagga's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

This series has quickly become an all-time favorite for me. More than anything I love Hobb’s character work. Both our main character Fitz and the cast of side characters hold a special place in my heart, and I find myself feeling genuine emotion for them (fear when they're in danger, heartbreak when bad things happen, joy when they're successful). The thing that holds this back from being a full five stars is that it’s a little long, and occasionally some of the romantic side plot elements felt tedious. I don't dislike the romance, but they spend much of the book going over and over the same conversation, and it gets quite redundant after a while. Still, to say I felt anything other than love for this book would be a lie, and I am both excited and nervous to read book three as I'm sure it will absolutely break me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Slavery

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I remember liking this in high school but I think my tastes have changed significantly since then. There's a lot of ableism (internal and external) as Fitz navigates the new state of his body after the events of last book. I don't like how his early epiphany about how his body still can do things amounts to "at least I'm disabled, not elderly", which is extremely frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Infidelity, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

literate_caveman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This is one of my all time favorite fantasy books and, I think, the best in the Farseer trilogy. Hobb does an excellent job of putting you in the head of people whose lives are shaped by traumatic events. As someone who enjoys slower-paced books, even I find the pace of this series to be a bit slow (that's just how Hobb writes). That being said, the tension increased dramatically towards the end, leaving off with a fantastic conclusion. There are several thought-provoking quotes in this book that I still think about, and Nighteyes has to be one of my favorite characters in all of fiction. It's definitely not for everyone, but I highly recommend this book (and series) to anyone looking for character-driven fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail