Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3) in The Robin Hobb Collection

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Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3)

Robin Hobb

Start date: July 1, 2013

Finish date: July 31, 2013

Discussion: Book 6 - Ship of Destiny

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Book 6 - Ship of Destiny

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Dec 23, 2016 Mili rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own-the-book

Another stunning trilogy by Robin Hobb. How I loved the characters! They are so vivid and real. Althea and Brashen are to fall in love with. Im no big fan of pirate tales, but Robin Hobb just enthralls me. I just had the best start of the morning by finishing this book. Woke up before 8 am ( on a day off .....) Decided to read the last few pages ( fell asleep last night on the couch ) and there were cookies next to me....healthy start of the day!

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May 11, 2009 DivaDiane SM rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ryb-mount-tbr, a-z-midyear-challenge, audio, buddy-read-book-club-read, re-read, 2000-2025

I just love this series. It鈥檚 beautiful and brutal, tragic and hopeful. People are thwarted but then realize a destiny they didn鈥檛 even know could be theirs.

This was my first reread after almost 25 years. I鈥檓 doing a slow reread. Well, it鈥檚 faster than the original read through the series, which occurred as and when the books were published, more or less. I read the first 2 trilogies out of order though, so I read LiveShips first and then Farseers, so I was missing some background. It was nice ...more

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May 30, 2010 Lindsey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I'll be taking a day or two away from reading to clear my head so that the next book I pick up isn't a disappointment by comparison. I started this book two years ago. Circumstances have kept me from it and in some ways I'm grateful; stepping into this complex, vivid world after so long was refreshing. The worldbuilding, plot lines, & pacing, are all done well; the characters are so individual I had no trouble recalling their stories after 2 years. Ship of Destiny is a fitting end to the Liveshi I'll be taking a day or two away from reading to clear my head so that the next book I pick up isn't a disappointment by comparison. I started this book two years ago. Circumstances have kept me from it and in some ways I'm grateful; stepping into this complex, vivid world after so long was refreshing. The worldbuilding, plot lines, & pacing, are all done well; the characters are so individual I had no trouble recalling their stories after 2 years. Ship of Destiny is a fitting end to the Liveship Trilogy, bringing all the major plotlines and characters to an end (of sorts). There is plenty of room left to explore the immediate futures of these characters and locales, however, and several hints that future books (already published) will do just that.

Hobb never treats an issue superficially. The book tackles (among others) identity, personhood, self-determination, friendship, relationships, rape, guilt, lies we tell ourselves and others, and the role of memory; none of it is taken lightly or left unexplored. The mixing of these issues within the cast of characters truly lets this book shine; there are morally better and worse characters but none are wholly good or bad. In the end, as a reader I was at least a little sympathetic toward all of them and came away with a better understanding of how good people can choose to follow a morally tainted leader.

Hobb's characters are so real. They don't grow so much as they become refined, amplifying the aspects of themselves that they choose to utilize and diminishing the characteristics that they choose to let lie. Again, the mix of conflicting loyalties and moral issues in each of them plays out in a very individual way, making choices that are entirely realistic. The consequences of their acts feel natural, never contrived to fit a plot device.

I can't point to any one aspect of this book that was what spoke to me. I am left awed that an author could fit so much into 800 pages. It is perhaps the highest compliment I can give to say that only an author who understands that every person is imperfect and is yet the hero of their own story could write a book that does such justice to the complexity of human existence.
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