Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

16 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

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

lavender__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

the ending bummed me out a lot i cant lie.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence

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

downtowndaly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-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: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

ulyssies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence