Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

94 reviews

emmerylynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

A solid epic fantasy. Definitely slow to start, but builds up to climactic moments. Loved how it was wrapped up.

BUT GODDAMNIT WHY SO MANY DEAD DOGGIES!!!???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

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

mothmania's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Murder

moond4ncer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

_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

indigo_fox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

 I didn't expect to like this story as much as I did in the end. At first I found the writing boring but at some point I was captivated. Hobb built a fascinating world and I loved learning about it as I read. I loved seeing the bonds between the characters and how those changed over time. I still have some questions but maybe those will be answered in the next book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

loriley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is extremely slow.
The development of the political intrigue story, the world building, and the magic in this world are all phenomenal.
Plot movement is a little light

The life story of the main character is oppressively bleak. There is so little love, affection, or joy in the main character’s life, to the point where it gets hard to read.
I feel like this is the set up for a really good story, but on its own, it is not a satisfying, full story. However, since the set up is so good, I do plan on reading the series and I hope to get some satisfying conclusions later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, 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