Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

61 reviews

zsabella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

aduda06's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

5.0

This book was incredible. It is very slow paced. Hobb takes great care to coax out the story unfolding before you and is not in a rush to do so. She also incorporates a lot of flowery prose that slows down the reading even further. But this story is incredible. And painful. We experience the story through the eyes of Fitz who is the bastard son of the prince-in-waiting Chivalry. We watch him grow from 6 years old into young adulthood as he learns to navigate this world that he was thrust into. He experiences so much and Hobb does not hold back any punches. Fitz goes through it in this installment and it just makes you want to wrap him in a hug and protect him. This will be a series I recommend to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, and Death of parent

gooseberry420's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

krysley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

ritzee13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Animal death, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

I tried reading this book multiple times and put it down when I was uncertain how I felt about how it was progressing.  I’m glad that this time I persevered because it is a very engaging start to a story that lays a lot of groundwork for a tale that I think I’d like to follow.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tieflingkisser's review against another edition

dark

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent