Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

21 reviews

thoseoldcrows23's review

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

4.0

 I can not express how much these characters have stolen my heart. This is for sure a new favorite series for me, and I'm sure my love will only grow as I move forward with the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings. That said, I am giving this one a 4 instead of a 5 because it really is absurdly long, and all though, by the end I had forgiven it all its sins, I can't pretend that there wasn't about 300 pages in the middle of it that dragged on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Abortion

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Abortion, and Death of parent

beyourbestshelf's review

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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ulyssies's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

kaziaroo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Outing

alexhaydon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Rape

adeliab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Infertility, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Love this book. Can get lost in it for hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Ableism, Infertility, and Abandonment

kirstym25's review

adventurous emotional 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: Death, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

I have loved the conclusion of The Farseer Trilogy from the first time I've read it (even though the ending has always feel rushed), but I'm not the same person I was some ten years ago when I first read it. Still, the book has grown with me, and my understanding and love for it has only deepened. I do think Robin Hobb mainly strings together an account of Fitz's brushes with death, but she does so with heart-wrenching prose and meaningful conversations that ring ever so true.
TW : mention of stillbirth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail