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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
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asdfghjasdgfajsldfhajk!! I'm conflicted......
On one hand, the whole world, writing, and the expansion itself in this universe felt more connected and majestic to me, moving on from The Farseer Trilogy. On the other hand, however......
Imagine adult Fitz's naivety and stubbornness in being open minded- all split between all the characters in this book....well the main ones anyways. There were some good moments for sure and the lore behind the story, as well as the explanation of a different kind of magic- that was chef's kiss!! But I can't say for some of the characters; they're were so gad dang annoying!!!! I'm predicting that they are the way they are because of uhhh character development, and I can only hope it goes uphill from here.
BUT, the story and the writing??!!!???!?!?!?!
Levels up waaay higher than the Farseer books for me. In contrast though, so far I collectively like the former trilogy better. But it's only the first book so we'll have to see. I'm excited to read and find out what happens next to these beloved wonderful characters I want to push into the sea with the nasty sea serpents (MALTA AHEM- that child is so fucking spoiled I literally cannot but also her relationship with a grown man....kindaaa weird nghhhh).
Let the characters onslaught commence:
Wintrow needs to literally stop his 'holier than thou' act soon because that shit really be cringee and hits close to home for me. Kyle AND Kennit deserve hell, literal pieces of trash. Keffria please grow a spine and stop bending to the whims of your 13 year old child. Ronica.....girl you stay strong ok, hang in on there bb. Brashen I'm fine with...and Althea, girl get your priorities together sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.
Majority of the characters are driving me up the wall and I want to fling them all aside....
Anyways, a solid but slightly disappointing start to this new trilogy and I can only pray it gets better from here. :/
3.5 STARS
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On one hand, the whole world, writing, and the expansion itself in this universe felt more connected and majestic to me, moving on from The Farseer Trilogy. On the other hand, however......
Imagine adult Fitz's naivety and stubbornness in being open minded- all split between all the characters in this book....well the main ones anyways. There were some good moments for sure and the lore behind the story, as well as the explanation of a different kind of magic- that was chef's kiss!! But I can't say for some of the characters; they're were so gad dang annoying!!!! I'm predicting that they are the way they are because of uhhh character development, and I can only hope it goes uphill from here.
BUT, the story and the writing??!!!???!?!?!?!
Levels up waaay higher than the Farseer books for me. In contrast though, so far I collectively like the former trilogy better. But it's only the first book so we'll have to see. I'm excited to read and find out what happens next to these beloved wonderful characters I want to push into the sea with the nasty sea serpents (MALTA AHEM- that child is so fucking spoiled I literally cannot but also her relationship with a grown man....kindaaa weird nghhhh).
Let the characters onslaught commence:
Wintrow needs to literally stop his 'holier than thou' act soon because that shit really be cringee and hits close to home for me. Kyle AND Kennit deserve hell, literal pieces of trash. Keffria please grow a spine and stop bending to the whims of your 13 year old child. Ronica.....girl you stay strong ok, hang in on there bb. Brashen I'm fine with...and Althea, girl get your priorities together sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.
Majority of the characters are driving me up the wall and I want to fling them all aside....
Anyways, a solid but slightly disappointing start to this new trilogy and I can only pray it gets better from here. :/
3.5 STARS
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February 5, 2022
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4.2%
"the way the first 40 pages of this book is already better than Fitz's personality in Assassin's Quest :))"
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"Why on earth are we getting a POV from this stupidly disrespectful 12 year old child, I cannot�.(if I’m going off on how Hobb writes her characters, this lil brat better get a big redemption and severe development arc�)"
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Mar 15, 2022 11:37AM
Just like Farseer it gets so much better!
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I started with the liveship trilogy and getting through the last one. I’ll have to see how Farseer compares 😊
I loved the farseer trilogy and want to read it all in order but I couldn't get through the ship of magic! SO sad the three books sit collecting dust on the shelf ... might try again in a few months
I’m finishing up this one as we speak and MY GAWD CAN MALTA PLEASE STFU ALREADY. I wanted to literally skip every single chapter she’s been in. Awful hag of a girl.
I'm so glad others have felt this way about the characters. They are so bloody annoying, particularly Malta. Kyle probably my most hated character, Kennit I don't hate, he's just a sociopath with a lot of luck... 😂
Just here to nod in agreement 👍💯
I’m only 80% into this right now and I want to driwn myself every time I get to a Kyle or wintrow chapter and there are soooo many of them. I would be truely enjoying this book if it weren’t for those two. I’m really hoping the rest of the trilogy either redeems them asap or they get eaten by a serpent asap and we get to focus on the others. I loved Farseer and had such high expectations for this one as well but now am just wanting to get back to Fitz.
