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Violence
A lot
Significant violence in the final arc; battles and deaths of beloved characters
Language
Barely any
Clean language; Hobb's literary prose throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
The extreme psychological devastation of the ending—among the most emotionally painful conclusions in fantasy literature; readers frequently report being unable to start another book immediately afterward
What this book is about
The final Tawny Man novel brings Fitz and the Fool to the ice island where a dragon must be freed—and where everything Fitz has loved is at stake. Robin Hobb's conclusion to her most emotionally devastating trilogy delivers one of the most heartbreaking endings in fantasy literature.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Extremely emotionally devastating ending
Deaths of beloved characters
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