Ship of Magic
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
4.4
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Robin Hobb
The first book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the Vivacia, the ship is a life sentence. But the fate of the ship—and the Vestrits—may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will.Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy:SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY
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Author
Robin Hobb
Pages
832
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Published Date
2003-12-30
ISBN
0553900250 9780553900255
Ratings
Google: 5
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"I have a healthy fear of water and this book does a great job adding to it!
The book follows multiple storylines that are all associated with the sea in some way. Each chapter could touch on any or all of those storylines. It can sometimes be easy to lose track of who's storyline you're currently in, but this does add more layers to the tension between the characters and their problems/conflicts.
The author has a way of making things quite gruesome. There are a few moments where you are just rooting for something good to happen, but the author chooses to spiral down a darker and more horrid path.
Some of the characters' choices are frustrating. However, the author has done a great job making those choices believable for the characters and their situations.
A great read, but a little slow. It took me longer to finish this one than it usually takes me to finish a similar book. "
Amanda Bohn
"Great series with great vocabulary "
David Jessop
"This book made me feel things.... like so strong..."
Anisa Blanton
"Dang it. I love me a good single POV book, which is part of what I loved so much about the Farseer trilogy. This is a multi POV. It was still good, but I'm just a sucker for the in depth characterization of the main character and the angst and mystery of not knowing the real thoughts and motivations of side characters that I get with single POV books."
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