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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

17 reviews

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

very slow book, especially at the beginning, but i enjoyed it anyway. Robin Hobb’s characters are so wonderfully written and the dynamics we got to see in this third book were even better crafted than in the previous installments. i absolutely loved the “quest” element that was very dominant in the story, and i found the ending flawless. i will absolutely be reading the other RotE books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Pregnancy

kaziaroo's review against another edition

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

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

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.0

This one reads a lot slower until the end of the book again where so much happens in the last 140 pages that it feels rushed and some things glazed over after 2 books of build up (not sure if this trilogy is done yet). Overall the trilogy as a set is great, a bit plodding in parts but the characters make up for it. I grew to enjoy the wolf a bit more in this book. It left me wanting to know more about the wit and skilling so perhaps that will be in another book. Solid 3 stars for the series. Recommended for adventure and fantasy readers who like to dive into other realms when they read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

ailsaod's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad 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

4.0

 I really enjoyed the first half of this book. Fitz recovers from the events in book 2 and then sets himself off on a revenge quest and it was pretty great! Fitz and Nighteyes travel a long way and the reader actually gets to see the Six Duchies much more than we have previously and there were various shenanigans of varying seriousness that would keep things exciting.

Then, at just over halfway the plot switches gear and crawls along for the rest of the book. There are two to three hundred pages of Fitz and friends just walking and having drama with each other when the rest of the book up until then was a rollercoaster. Also the lore behind the Skill and the Elderlings and all that gets dumped on you very quickly and there isn't really time to deal with it properly even though this was an EIGHT HUNDRED page book. One positive of the second half of the book however is that the Fool finally gets a bunch of development which was good.

Then the climax came and it was very odd and the ending was VERY unsatisfying. How am I supposed to be happy with this?! At least this book didn't have me crying my eyes out like the previous instalments I guess?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Addiction and 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