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‘As addictive as morphine’ the TIMES From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, SHIP OF MAGIC is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic tale of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes and bloody battles. Wizard wood, the most precious commodity in the world, comes only from the Rain Wilds. But only a liveship can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain Wild River and liveships are hard to come by. They quicken only when three family members from successive generations have died upon their deck. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening: Althea Vestrit waits for the ship that she loves more than anything in the world to awaken. But her dream of taking her father’s place at Vivacia’s helm is not to be, for her family have other plans. . . And the dark, charming pirate Kennit also lusts after such a ship: he well knows the power of wizard wood and has plans of his own. . . Review: Had even more fun than farseer triology - After reading the Farseer triology, I just wanted more of Fitz and his adventure, so I was skeptical about reading a totally orthogonal story in the realm. I am glad I listened to advise online not to skip the live ship traders. This series is just another masterpiece. The characters are all so well thought out. Robin Hobb knows how to develop a character through the story. The character journey portrayed here is the spine of the story, from Kennit to Malta, to Althea or Brashan. Add that to the intricately thought out world. I can't wait to gobble up rest of the books in the Elderling Saga. Review: The cover page should atleast be thick papar - The cover paper is normal paper which might get damaged easily due to water. The story is fantastic though.
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S**N
Had even more fun than farseer triology
After reading the Farseer triology, I just wanted more of Fitz and his adventure, so I was skeptical about reading a totally orthogonal story in the realm. I am glad I listened to advise online not to skip the live ship traders. This series is just another masterpiece. The characters are all so well thought out. Robin Hobb knows how to develop a character through the story. The character journey portrayed here is the spine of the story, from Kennit to Malta, to Althea or Brashan. Add that to the intricately thought out world. I can't wait to gobble up rest of the books in the Elderling Saga.
K**R
The cover page should atleast be thick papar
The cover paper is normal paper which might get damaged easily due to water. The story is fantastic though.
A**R
Perfect
The book looks great. The packaging and delivery were good. For the story, its Robin Hobb! Nothing more to say
S**Y
Good Read, Enjoyable
Good Read, fascinating plot line, good character delineation and build up. Over all very enjoyable
J**N
TEDIOUS AT TIMES..!
TEDIOUS AT TIMES..! BUT A GREAT BOOK FROM A WONDERFUL AUTHOR..!
M**E
コンプリートをめざすなら
The Liveship Traders Trilogyの一冊目。世界設定が同じだけでファーシーアとは無関係かと思っていたが、そうではなかった。フィッツはでてこないがファーシーアの登場人物もひとり登場するし、時間的にはファーシーアとTawny Manの間におきたことが描かれている。海洋冒険ファンタジィ。 舞台は六公国以南、パイレーツ諸島やビングタウンが主な舞台となっている。ビングタウンにはライブシップという、意思を持つ船が存在しており、その船には必ず船を所有する貿易商一族の血縁者が乗船しなければならない。ヴェストリット家の次女アリシアは、女ながらも父親と共に何年もこの船に乗っていたが、父親の死後船長となった姉の夫カイルによって船を追われる。父だけでなく船を失うアリシアと、父カイルに無理やり乗船させられるウィントロー、海賊王になることともくろむケニット、さまよう大海蛇の群れなどを中心に物語が展開するのだが、場面がころころ変わり、しかも何人もの視点で語られるので、歯がゆいことこのうえない。2巻になれば登場人物同士が出会い、それによって場面転換も減り、物語も回転し始めるが、1巻目は舞台と状況の説明にかなり費やされているので、とにかく我慢の一冊。 わたしの場合はファーシーア、Tawny Man 、Liveship Traderの順番で読んだが、Tawny Manで多少疑問に思った点も、このシリーズを読んで納得がいった。正直いうとファーシーアやTawny Manのよりおもしろさは落ちるので、フィッツのその後が気になる人はTawny Manに直行することをお勧めする。それでも読み足らないくらいこの世界が気に入ったなら、やはり読む価値は十分にあると思う
H**S
Amazing!
It’s hard not to give 5/5 and truthfully I don’t give such a score often. You can clearly recognize the mastery of this book, it can’t be denied. This is a huge book for starters. It has multiple narrators and the ones we spend more time on, we get to like for sure. I can’t say I didn’t want to read a specific story even though I was more anxious to see what would happen to another protagonist. If I could describe the essence of this book in a word I would say “grey”. The morality and the choices here are hard. Sometimes hardships look inevitable, other times wrongness feels so injust and so hard to fight against. This is not a funny, carefree, happy story, but one with jagged turns, painful and cathartic. This is what makes it unique. There is a lot of philosophy, you can find real life dilemmas and you can ponder on them for long, as there is no easy answer. If you are a parent, the pages speak to you louder I must say. This roller coaster of a story grabs you and doesn’t let go. There is not so much raw action, as expected by Hobb, but the pacing is good and the protagonists evolve themselves. Hardships or destiny forge them and we are eager for more. If you like magic, well, there isn’t much, not meaningful at least. Don’t expect fireball shooting mages, magic in this story comes in more subtle flavor, mainly though liveships. I must say, other than the course of our protagonists, that I must admit feels a bit pre determined early on (I’m pretty sure I will be caught off guard as with the first Hobb series I picked), we also have a backstory about the serpents and the origins of live ships. That’s good. This book shouts “masterpiece”. The story is very deep, with writing that will wake up your brain and your conscience. If you like deep books with a taste of magic, don’t think about it twice, read it!!!
C**E
Um retorno ao mundo dos Antigos
O livro nos trás de volta ao universo criado pela autora na Saga do Assassino. As semelhanças são pequenas no começo, mas aos poucos o leitor mais atento consegue fazer conexões entre as duas séries. Fortemente recomendado para quem gostou de um trabalho anterior de Hobb
C**H
Faszinierend, großartig, toll geschrieben
Ursprünglich hatte ich nur nach etwas gesucht, das mir die Zeit bis zum Erscheinen von George R. R. Martin’s neuem Buch der "Song of Ice & Fire“-Saga vertreiben würde, dabei bin ich jedoch (via Amazon-Empfehlungen) über die "Liveship"-Trilogie gestolpert. Ich bin nun inzwischen –viel zu schnell, wie mir scheint- in der Mitte des 3. Bandes angelangt, und ich liebe es noch genauso wie von der ersten Seite an! Robin Hobb's Tempo ist nach wie vor unvermindert hoch, dennoch nimmt sie sich genug Zeit, um ihren vielen Charakteren (es dürften so um die 10 Hauptcharaktere sein) diese wunderbare Tiefe zu geben. Diese sind durch die Bank vielschichtig und interessant, und sie entwickeln sich weiter- es ist vollkommen unmöglich, sie in "Gut“ und "Böse“ zu unterteilen, und gerade dies macht sie so realistisch. "Ship of Magic", Buch 1, ist sozusagen die Einleitung, in der die Charaktere vorgestellt werden und die Story aufgebaut wird, "Mad Ship" ist Buch 2 und das Buch der Wendepunkte, nach dem nichts mehr so sein kann wie es einmal war, und "Ship of Destiny" ist das Buch der Auflösungen, in dem sich die Schicksale der einzelnen Charaktere erfüllen- sowohl in die eine als auch in die andere Richtung. Daß ich solch eine reiche Fantasy-Welt vorfinden würde, damit hatte ich trotz der positiven Bewertungen wirklich nicht gerechnet. Die Handlungsfäden ziehen sich im Laufe der Reihe immer weiter auseinander, sind aber dennoch miteinander verbunden, so daß es einem nicht schwerfällt, den einzelnen Charakteren auf ihren Abenteuern zu folgen. Besonders gefällt mir, wie nach und nach das Geheimnis um die Liveships gelüftet wird- das ist einfach wunderbar gelungen. Lebensnahe Charaktere, faszinierende Fantasy-Welten, und das alles auch noch mitreißend geschrieben- Fantasy-Fans kommen um diese Bücher nicht herum. Nachdem ich jahrelang aus Mangel an interessantem, originellem Lesestoff der Fantasy-Sparte ferngeblieben bin, bin ich nun wirklich begeistert, zuerst George R. R. Martin und nun auch noch Robin Hobb entdeckt zu haben. Und das Beste ist: die "Farseer“-, "Tawny Man“- und die neue "Soldier Son“-Trilogien liegen alle noch vor mir! Ein Wort noch zu Martin (da die beiden ja oft zusammen genannt werden): im direkten Vergleich zur "Ice & Fire"-Saga würde ich sagen, daß die "Liveship Traders"-Reihe genauso reich und interessant, allerdings weniger dunkel und negativ ist. Während Martin's Hauptcharaktere seit 3 Büchern ständig vom Regen in die Traufe kommen, gibt es bei Robin Hobb hin und wieder auch mal kleinere Lichtblicke. Qualitativ stehen sich beide Autoren in nichts nach.
K**E
Fun and interesting read.
It's a lot of fun to read this book. It's all so wide open of possibilities for her characters in the other two books, that it keeps you engaged all the time reading it. And yes, it is characterdriven as they say everywhere, but that is totally okay, because they all read like in a movie in my head. Thank you for a good book!
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