Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb Book Review & Reaction | How To Do Nautical Fantasy Right

[@sarahgonzalez162]

I loved Kennits character, she gives you every single reason to feel for him, to feel the pain he went through as a child and then BRUTALLY reminding you that it doesnt erase the sins of the adult. You can understand him but she doesnt let you like him. Great (though monstrous) villain

[@akellerhouse83]

I love these books. When I hear you guys talking about them, it makes me want to reread them again. There's so many other books out there that it's hard to justify reading one series 4 times. 🙃

[@angelaholmes8888]

I did enjoy ship of destiny I'm really glad I decided to give this series a shot after dnfing assassins apprentice

[@ptannous27]

Loved this trilogy. Happy to hear that at least a couple of the characters do show up again.

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Great review!! I'm excited that you're moving through this series! I'm at book 12

[@nikk345]

I've about to start book 3 of The Rainwild Chronicles and thankfully, for me, it's not as bad as it seems to be for others. I am actually liking it a lot and I've heard book 3 and 4 are the better books of this series so I'm really excited to continue on.

[@BishopWalters12]

Sounds pretty good and I need to try Robin Hobb.

[@Ulmo90]

Happy that you made this review Mike, I agree with your thoughts, this book have some great charcters, storyarcs and moments

[@bridgit2541]

Agree with your assessment! I was with Kennit, until... I wasn't. loved Malta's growth. Hated Cerilla.

[@MaxYield]

Good review. I was concerned this might end like The Farseer trilogy with Assassins Quest being mostly a let down for me, but that was not the case. While I still have some gripes about it, I really enjoyed the entire trilogy and that slow burn does pay off in the end. It also gets you excited for more exploration of this world as there are several things that elude to things coming or paths crossing in later books I feel. I dont know, but excited to see where we go from here.

[@musicgenius1948]

I loved this phenomenal book

[@grnberet9401]

I loved the character payoffs in this book. The good. The bad. The ugly. But it is all very impactful.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Everything counts, for sure.

[@fromheaventoearth5779]

I lost sleep over the end of this book (or rather the part where Kennit reminds us he is a villain). I've never experienced that over a piece of fiction. I love reading dark stuff, but Hobb is the first writer to really have that effect on me. Not even the Red Wedding made me lose sleep.

[@lucykinski]

Her ability to make me feel the deepest feelings scares me sometimes. I just finished Farseer for the 4th time and still cried and wailed like a baby for Fitz at the end. About to start Ships again and just love this rollercoaster I go on every couple of years 😅

[@fromheaventoearth5779]

@@lucykinski The animal companion death in the first book in Tawny Man messed me up after reading the last series. I'm currently on a much needed break from Hobb (for now). 😅

[@BooksWithBenghisKahn]

lol I also was "live-shipping" Malta and Reyn hard throughout this one after also wanting to punch Malta for much of books 1 and 2 😅 You did better than me by catching the Kennit/Paragon connection before we got the explicit reveal -- and what an incredible reveal it was!! I'm right with you on Paragon stealing the show in this book, and Kennit being a spectacular layered villain. I'm a bit worried for Tawny Man since like you I did not love AQ and Liveship just blew me completely out of the water, but I'll try to go in with tempered expectations.

[@lucykinski]

Love Realm of the Elderlings so much and in the middle of my 3rd read through. Hobb makes me feel all the feels to such a deep, wounding level. Liveships makes me feel really uneasy. The only other time I’ve been left with that haunted feeling was after reading The Passage by Justin Cronin.

[@KakashiHatake-ou7mp]

This trilogy has a better ending than the first trilogy. Hobb really came through

[@morleywritesbooks]

I kind of fell in the same net of one book picking up right where the previous left off. Actually, the only reason I did a time skip with book4 is because writing a nautical book is kind of intimidating -- so i'm definitely gonna check out this series! ^_^

[@musicgenius1948]

Glad to see this review

[@katd3491]

Kennit is such a well written villain, because at times you find yourself forgetting that fact, that he IS a villain. Until, as you say, you can’t. I was physically recoiling from the book the entire time I was reading one particular scene.

[@sjholmesbrown]

I think Kennit is a perfect example of 'Hurting people hurt people'. The most heartbreaking part of his character arc (and Paragon's) is what they could have been if life hadn't gone the way it did.

[@Waldemar-10811]

Wow, just finished this series and it's gone right to the top of my top 10 fantasy series. The character's are amazing (although Kennit crossed an unforgiveable line for me) and the plot was incredible. Usually with a fantasy series you know how it's going to end (the good guys will triumph) but how they get there is the interesting part. With this series it was hard to know how it was going to conclude - who were the good guys etc. The Amber plot line went a bit over my head and seemed to fizzle out without a satisfying conclusion, but I'm probably missing something and I agree that Serilla wasn't great.

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

I’m 70% through and I’m feeling things…strongly…. But I don’t know if they’re good or bad feelings. This really is a masterpiece

[@mikesbookreviews]

It’s such an amazing trilogy.

[@xcBlackDiamond]

I largely agree with your thoughts on the characters arcs, and how Wintrow wasn’t as big of a player in this one. And I’m reading the Rain Wilds now and they’re kind of as not great as people say, unfortunately. Just gotta power through. At least they’re shorter than most of her other works.

[@kingzzz6509]

Mike, please teach me the art of not cracking the spine!

[@Uppernorwood976]

You just have to set up your light so you can read write into the fold at a tight angle!

[@bottle1211]

Captain Kennit is the best written villain ever.

[@johnd.3652]

Nice video mike.

[@josewhatever5001]

One thing is true, Paragon is the real hero of the history.

[@Sophias_booktube]

Can I read it in any order? I’m thinking weather to get my parents to get me all 16-17 books in the realm of the Elderlings for Christmas or get a trilogy in time I’m still deciding. Why spend that money to make sure if you like it.

[@mikeprince6685]

I’m 95% done with Ship of Magic and no spine crack as well 😤

[@avi4905]

Paragon is my favorite character in this book. Yesss, I hate s Cerilla as well. She is the worst. I, like you, hate the way Althea's resolution was written. It felt unrealistic. Great review.

[@wassr1956]

All the series are in the last elderlings series. Characters of the all the series.

[@nikk345]

Mike are there any books you or series you've been close to DNFing but ended up continuing on and were really glad you did?

[@sjkrum320]

Absolutely loved this trilogy. Thanks for the recommendation. Who is Amber? I think I missed something there. Or it's just not coming to me.

[@trent4573]

Amber is the Fool

[@azurepulse1870]

It's definitely a spoiler so..... leaving room for those who don't want to be spoiled... Amber is the Fool.

[@trent4573]

@@azurepulse1870 this video is a spoiler

[@sjkrum320]

@@azurepulse1870 wow that went right over my head some how lol! Thanks.

[@lucykinski]

@@sjkrum320it deffo took me way too long to realise 😅

[@CombativeRoboGuy]

Was the panel of the elderlings purged because of the channel hack? Because I can’t seem to find it.

[@BBQshapesKING]

Anyone notice how Robin Hobb uses the word “incredulous” a lot?

[@civiliseddebateyeah]

O Mike, Mike! I am slightly ahead of you - on second book of Tawny Man. I wish we were in sync and then you could be my book buddy, to check in with you fresh and current what you thought. But I am still be interested to hear your take on Liveships, even if the story's moved on. Hobb is a great author but I sometimes experience a plot hole here and there, do you have the same thought? p.s. Anyone thinking of skipping Liveships, that's going to come back and bite you in book 2 of Tawny Man. Don't do it.

[@EricMcLuen]

Agreed on Serilla. But Kennitt was alwys the villain and were reminded of this in about very scene he was in. It was just that nobody else saw it. And while I did like many parts of the book, I found most of the endings odd and overall very depressing.

[@brentasmith]

Loved this book/series but man you're speaking to me with the Serilla comments. I could not give a single solitary crap about anything she was doing.

[@giants8585]

I have this on my TBR and it will be my next series after the Faithful and the Fallen. I have heard some bad stuff about the audio book. Anybody have any experience listening to this? Any issues?

[@trent4573]

The audiobooks for the Fitz books are amazing. The audiobook for these are awful. However I still listened to them. It's just such a huge change in quality it's hard to adjust too.

[@giants8585]

@@trent4573 well you are not the only one. It’s the most negative comments I’ve seen on an audiobook for an accomplished author

[@geekygalaxy4307]

I’m with Althea on this one, Malta is too young for Reyn.

[@sebastiantavera3256]

I'm doubtful about Hobb, is it worth it? I love fantasý and series like ASOIAF, Stormlight, Mistborn, LOTR, but don't know how good Hobb is or if it's going to be as good as those series

[@goldplayer2003]

As good as some of those series? Imo it is better than all of those you mentioned. Don't miss out on this series. It will be an experience that you will remember your entire life and not forget

[@kallor02]

I don't think it is as good as the series you mentioned. Yes the books read very well but there is no epic feeling on stuff that really should make you feel that. A combination of some weird plot choices in the first trilogy, and a lack of depth in the liveship traders threw me off. That being said the consensus is quite opposite to my opinion and you lose nothing in giving the book a chance, just my two cents

[@ssj4rit]

She’s definitely better than Sanderson, idk about Tolkien or GRRM though, those are hard to beat.

[@fromheaventoearth5779]

Serilla was a good character to me. Haha.

[@brianjackson5541]

Would you start Robin Hobb with this series?

[@EricMcLuen]

I did. And had issues with the ending of the series but there were a lot of good points. But the switch to first person Fitz in Apprentice was jarring.

[@rachelmoore152]

I think Althea's last traumatic events just happened too late in the series. I wish it had happened earlier and Hobb had taken more time to address it

[@jessi4894]

People think Glokta is a villain? They are either wrong or I need therapy.

[@fromheaventoearth5779]

lmaaaaooo

[@zacharia827]

Crack is whack

[@rvt_h3d]

then stop