How are you today? I hope you’re well! I’m so, so, so sorry that you haven’t heard from me in MONTHS!!! Believe it or not, I’ve been reading the same darned book for ALL that time, but it has been a VERY long, dense fantasy so that’s why! Anyway, what book has it been, I hear you ask? — “The Mad Ship” by Robin Hobb — which, I also haven’t loved :( but I never DNF a book, so…I’m sorry if this review is a little all over the place, too. It’s gonna be a long one…I did enjoy the last chapters more than the beginning and middle. They were exciting! 3 Stars! We’re again on the ocean for the majority of “The Mad Ship.” At the end of “Ship Of Magic,” book 1, I said I hoped that a relationship would develop between 2 characters, Wintrow and the actual Liveship, Vivacia. This didn’t happen, which was a shame. Vivacia really doesn’t have a big role in “The Mad Ship,” which I think was a missed opportunity. She was one of the best characters from book 1 for me. I still think ...
A book review blog.