Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

22 reviews

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.

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

elskabee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual content

the worst of the book is the scene containing child death and cannibalism in which

Fitz comes upon a child being attacked by Forged Ones. He attempts to rescue her but she dies and it is clear that they were trying to eat her while she was still alive.

The scene is not extremely detailed, but it is said plainly what had happened and is referred to in passing a few times later on in the book.

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad 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

4.75

reading this book feels like reading a really messed up diary written by my poor boy Fitz who’s slowly realizing how shitty everyone actually treats him and he should, in fact, stop being so nice and helpful all the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and War

plume_de_renarde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Rape, and Stalking

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

kaziaroo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Xenophobia

anaguana's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

emsavors's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War