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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

66 reviews

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

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

Wow, Robin Hobb can end a chapter! She left me reeling more times than not. Compared to the previous two Farseer books, this one moves quick! Extremely emotional, especially at the beginning and end. There was an odd twist at the end that was uncomfortable but it fits with the culture of the Six Duchies. Loved how it came together in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

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

acoupleofapples's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

bookswithcuppatea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I found this book to be a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

luise96'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? It's complicated

4.25

Definitely my favourite of this trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed the middle part, I just wanted to keep going and know what happened. Not sure what I am thinking of the end, but I definitely didn’t see that coming. I am looking forward to read more from this universe, however I saw that the next trilogy does not have Fitz as main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence

Moderate: Rape

kirstym25'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy