Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

22 reviews

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

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

maithaalfalasi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage

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

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

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

Attack by animal. Strangulation. Poisoning/drugging.

smokingchagga's review

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

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

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

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

beyourbestshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy, Death, Torture, Infertility, and Blood

tmickey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

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

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

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual content

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

Spoiler

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

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

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

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