Robin Hobb - Mad Ship: The Liveship Traders

pros: Plot development and characterization are uncannily realistic and 3-dimensional!

cons: The dragon story-line remains confusing and disjointed from the balance of the tale.

I can't wait for "Ship of Destiny" to arrive!

In "Mad Ship", Hobb accelerates the pace of her epic saga of the Liveship Traders and significantly... See Full Review

pros: the ending, character development, the story, the ideas, the book

cons: the pace may be too slow for some

Hobb tells a sea tale that gets better with each installment

Somehow "The Liveship Traders" just got better. Robin Hobb, the author of the "Farseer" trilogy and... See Full Review

pros: The second half soars.

cons: The first half drags.

I'm happy to be marooned if the island's library has Robin Hobb.

At the end of the first installment of the Liveship Traders trilogy, Ship of Magic, the Vestr... See Full Review

pros: Everything a fantasy fan would want.

cons: It ends.

Praise to the Lord of Fantasy

The second book in the series "The Liveship Traders", The Mad Ship continues Hobb's... See Full Review

pros: Too many to list

cons: None I can think of

Twists like a sea-serpent's tail

Having read the Farseer Trilogy and Ship of Magic, I was looking forward to this book but never had... See Full Review

pros: Unusual characters, very original

cons: Part of plot is not as strong as the other

Innovative fantasy

A lot of fantasy can be justifiably labelled as being derivative, merely copies of other plots or c... See Full Review

pros: Great read! Great characters! 5 stars!

cons: Book three isn't out yet!

I'm MAD for this series!

WOW! Robin Hobb (aka Megan Lindholm) is a goddess! I bow at her feet. This is just the latest in a r... See Full Review

pros: The Vestrit family endures, and grows more interesting.

cons: Maybe more political jockeying than I like, but not overwhelming.

Happy to be Mad

The second book in Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders series is the novel "Mad Ship". Awesome!... See Full Review