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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

40 reviews

cowboylikestoread43's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

divorcemaster's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While there were many things I enjoyed about this book, I think the thing I felt most was frustrated.  There was so much that felt like willful ignorance because things were explained well enough that I as the reader picked up on the meaning but that Fitz as the character did not and perhaps could not because they way they tried to explain things to him was not in one he could easily grasp and understand.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

laios's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

kenzielireads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

brjohnson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

I always begin Hobb's books thinking "why did I do this to myself (again)?" Because they just start out so slow. But about halfway through (yes, I realize this can be a lot to slog through) they get so good! These books are deep and rich- I love the characters. The plot is well thought out and these books just work. I love them, even if the pacing is difficult at times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage

bpsalinas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

The finale to the Farseer Trilogy is measured to the point of excruciating, but ends with an absolute bomb of intensity that perfectly caps this tragic trilogy. 

Assassin’s Quest is lovely and deeply intelligent, both intellectually and emotionally. The characters are real people, with all the flaws we see in ourselves, and we love them even more because of those flaws. Some of those characters will live within me for years, I’m sure. Nighteyes, in particular, is a perfectly crafted hero. 

If you’ve already read the first two books, you had better finish this trilogy. It’s a joy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Violence

Minor: Rape

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.5

One of the things i really valued about the second book was the way that not everything went to plan for Fitz. It made the plot hard to predict and enjoyable to follow along with. This book took that a step too far i think. Fitz’s plans failed so often that it circled back into predictability. It was hard to root for any of his plans when i knew that he would be thwarted. It was realistic, but the romantic in me wants the underdog to catch a break. I love the way that Robin Hobb writes women and i wish we could’ve seen more of that in this book. We get glimpses of women being cool and incredible and brave but Fitz is so focused on his own woes (of which he has plenty) that the women and other side characters fall to the background. This is (somewhat surprisingly) remedied a bit by Nighteyes and his building of a pack. (I particularly loved the audiobook narrator’s tone whenever the wolf talked about pack).

This momentum is, of course, dashed upon the rocks when the found family separates at the end of the book. I’m excited to see how it plays out in the later series, but disappointed in the meantime. One last thing on the ending—I hate list epilogues. The monotonous listing of events that occur after the final action leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I have high hopes that future books may expound on these events, but just in the context of this book, i was annoyed.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Abortion, and War

Minor: Drug use and Infertility

catawampuscat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage