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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders #1)

by Robin Hobb

4.02 · rating details · 6,996 ratings · 309 reviews

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. 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 unjustly denied her--a legacy she will risk anything ...more

Mass Market Paperback, 832 pages

Published December 30th 2003 by Spectra (first published March 2nd 1998)

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Sep 05, 2010

Benjamin Thomas rated it

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Having immensely enjoyed Robin Hobb's "Farseer Trilogy", I enthusiastically turned to her next fantasy series, the vast "Liveship Trader's" trilogy. This first novel in the series, "Ship of Magic", is set in the same world as the "Assassins Apprentice" but otherwise has very little to do with it, instead focusing on a whole new and unique fantasy setting. Liveships are large masted sailing ships made of wizardwood that actually become sentient beings after...moreHaving immensely enjoyed Robin Hobb's "Farseer Trilogy", I enthusiastically turned to her next fantasy series, the vast "Liveship Trader's" trilogy. This first novel in the series, "Ship of Magic", is set in the same world as the "Assassins Apprentice" but otherwise has very little to do with it, instead focusing on a whole new and unique fantasy setting. Liveships are large masted sailing ships made of wizardwood that actually become sentient beings after three generations of their owners' families having died on board them. We follow various members of the Vestritt family, an Old Trader family who is in the unenviable position of trying to increase their trading profits before their creditors take harsh action. There are several main characters but chief among them is Althea Vestritt, a young lady who has spent most of her life sailing under her father's captaincy aboard the Vivacia. Upon her father's death in the early chapters of the novel, the Vivacia quickens into a full-fledged liveship. Unfortunately, through a series of circumstances and inner family squabbling, Althea is not allowed to continue to sail on board her, thus launching the main story thread of the series.

There are many well-drawn characters in this novel, but I always appreciate a good villain. Ms Hobb excels once again, with the introduction of Kennitt, an ambitious pirate who has his eye on Vivacia as his prize. To be able to write a villainous character whom the reader can sympathize with as he pursues his dastardly plots is difficult at best but Ms Hobb does it so well. And her good characters come across as very real also, not always choosing the wisest or most honest course. They stumble over bad decisions during their struggles to achieve their goals and we feel for their failures, often seeing ourselves within them.

This is, fundamentally, a tale of the sea, albeit in a fantasy setting complete with magic ships and sea serpents. The ship board activity is well researched and fascinating to experience. This is a long book and is followed by two more long books in the trilogy. Where some see extra wording or too much detail or even refer to the "doorstop syndrome", I see a richness of character that is essential in understanding these people. Besides, I just like spending time with them.

While Ms Hobb provides splendid detail about some of the characters here, she only hints at others. We spend a little time with another liveship, Paragon, who is considered mad by the populace due to several incidents involving the deaths of his entire crew. It seems obvious that we are being set up for much more from Paragon, especially considering the title of the next volume, "Mad Ship". We also get tiny scenes involving what appear to be sentient sea serpents, but, quite frankly, I found them to be confusing and so relegated them to the recesses of my memory in order to dig them out again as they become more relevant in future books of the series. Ms Hobb also prepares us for a major role by the Rain Wild magicians and their interaction with another headstrong daughter of the Vestritts, Malta.

For those readers who prefer their plot lines wrapped up neatly, I would suggest they have all three volumes of this trilogy readily available. Not one of the major threads is resolved here. But for those who relish complex relationships that are not convoluted, this novel will be sure to please. I for one am searching my book shelf even now for number two of this fine trilogy.(less)

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Dec 11, 2011

Marie rated it

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, borrowed, to-review, reviewed

Final verdict: a great antidote to A Game of Thrones, with brilliant, complicated characters.

My friend introduced to me to Ship of Magic because I'd been complaining about annoying stupid characters. She recommended Robin Hobb in general, but Ship of Magic especially, primarily for Althea Vestrit, our primary protagonist.

One thing I want to point out is that I would have never picked this up on my own. Not for the title, not the cover (yes, I'm disproportionately attract...more

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Dec 22, 2010

± Colleen of the Crawling Chaos ± rated it

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Shelves: group-read, fantasy

12/21/10

I'm about 75% through with this book, and I'm finding it frustrating.

As others have said, it's very much a character-based book, and I can dig character-based books if I like the characters, but I'm having a hard time really latching onto anyone that I don't want to smack upside the head.

Actually, no, I do like some characters (Brashen and Paragon, for instance) - but the ones I do like we don't seem to spend enough time with, while we spend far too ...more

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Jan 05, 2011

Brian rated it

1/28/04 - 8/10

Book 1:
plot kind of implausible and overboard, why make decisions they do - just to set up bleak situation...no one realize kyle terrible? Could be predictable - althea end up with kennit romantically and to help steal vivacia. some very annoying 1 dimensional characters - malta and kyle
overdramatic, semi-simplistic (not intricate) mysteries - rain wild traders / liveship histories (paragon and vivacia), brashen past
very readable though and some good charcters � althea, wintrow,...more

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Aug 11, 2011

Dorothy rated it

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I'm afraid I'm yet another disappointed "Farseer" reader. In fact I may be one of the originals. I purchased both, the first book in the Farseer trilogy, Assassin's Apprentice and Ship of Magic the 1st Live Ship Trader book shortly after they were each released. In spite of an uncertain jacket synopsis on Ship of Magic, I’d hoped for a continuation of the well tempered, 1st person character driven action I'd found in the Farseer books. ( I didn’t much like how that series ended, but I ...moreI'm afraid I'm yet another disappointed "Farseer" reader. In fact I may be one of the originals. I purchased both, the first book in the Farseer trilogy, Assassin's Apprentice and Ship of Magic the 1st Live Ship Trader book shortly after they were each released. In spite of an uncertain jacket synopsis on Ship of Magic, I’d hoped for a continuation of the well tempered, 1st person character driven action I'd found in the Farseer books. ( I didn’t much like how that series ended, but I loved ‘em while they lasted) Instead, I discovered a potentially good, remotely "Farseer" related story shuddering under the weight of too much inconsequential 3rd person prose and unappealing characters. I put the book aside after only a few chapters. That time.
Fortunately Robin Hobb (apparently AKA Megan Lindholm) who I genuinely think to be a fine writer, continued her Farseer Trilogy. She then drew some of the same engaging characters and quickened pace of "Farseer" into the Tawny Man series, (soon to release it's third book). The 1st book, The Tawny Man, centers on an adult version of the mysterious "Fool" an important secondary "Farseer" protagonist. With the second Tawny Man book, The Golden Fool, I became aware that the this same character makes a revealing appearance, in the too slow, too thickly character-ed and plot vacant, Live Ship Traders books.

What's an avid reader to do? I tried again. This time I pushed on through this minutely font-ed book to the "quickening” of the Living ship, Vivacia, a pivotal character herself. If that couldn't engage me as a reader all was lost! ..And so it was. I set the book down for the evening at page 162 and felt disinclined to start the effort again in the morning. I concluded that one might expect the set up of an epic adventure to be somewhat dispiriting at the outset as the challenges ahead are exposed; but Ship of Magic failed to offer what all good adventure send-offs must: impetus for the reader to read on. I think this impetus might have been achieved with fewer characters each offering more interest and dimension in themselves, or perhaps, a possibility of future excitement, or `Just-plain-fun-dammit!'

I have to admit, I find Hobb to be such an imaginative story teller that I'm sure there is something good in this book. Somewhere. But it has taken far too much wading through Dreck and Drear with too little gratifying adventure to continue through the next 647 pages of , Ship of Magic, and the subsequent books in the Live Ship Traders series. While, I am regretful that I can't glean enough interest in these characters to troll through and find that good , I've abandoned ship.

To learn more about the mysterious "Tawny man" as I await the third book in that series, I've taken the expedient of reading AMAZON reviews of the Live Ship Traders for synopsis, hints & spoilers. (Thank you, all who've provided clues to the "Amber" character.)

Having read those reviews, I know other, happier readers will chide me; "if you'd just read on, you'd have found the appealing charters, mystery's clues and `Just-plain-fun-dammit!' you’d sought." To those readers, and Robin Hobb, herself, I say - Thank You; No. Two attempts are enough.
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Feb 09, 2010

Chip rated it

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Shelves: for-fun

This review is really for the whole trilogy, which I read back-to-back, and so think of as one longer story than three individual books.

So-so at best. In the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies, Hobb had created not only a great, realistic world, but a fantastic narrator in the protagonist. In this new series, she went from first person to third, which I have no problem with, but also shifted from having just on point of view, to having far, far, far too many! There were AT LEAST SEVEN ...more

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Sep 27, 2009

Suna rated it

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Shelves: fantasy, dragon-fiction

This series is a guilty pleasure, really, as the books are most decidedly flawed.
But it's a ripping yarn nonetheless, mainly because of the excellent way she has envisaged dragon culture, hierarchy and history.
The humans can be VERY irritating, especially the Vestrits mimble wimble on and on and on.
But she has a very solid grip on all her plots and subplots, her characters are well fleshed out and she is deft at leading to their final destinations in the third book, with some v...more

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Sep 14, 2009

Julie rated it

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Althea Vestrit, wrongly denied her inheritance of the beautiful Liveship Vivacia, leaves Bingtown in order to prove herself as the true sailor she is and claim back her beloved ship from her brother-in-law's greedy grasp.

For Wintrow, Althea's nephew, Vivacia is nothing more than a slave ship wrenching him away from his religious studies so his father can have his son aboard his ship to inherit and keep Althea from coming into her inheritance.

But no one counted on Captain ...moreAlthea Vestrit, wrongly denied her inheritance of the beautiful Liveship Vivacia, leaves Bingtown in order to prove herself as the true sailor she is and claim back her beloved ship from her brother-in-law's greedy grasp.

For Wintrow, Althea's nephew, Vivacia is nothing more than a slave ship wrenching him away from his religious studies so his father can have his son aboard his ship to inherit and keep Althea from coming into her inheritance.

But no one counted on Captain Kennit, a ruthless pirate captain who will stop at nothing to take control of the Pirate Isles and name himself as King of all Pirates. To do so he must first obtain a liveship, and when his and Vivacia's paths cross, bloodshed is not far from the horizon.

I was riveted to "Ship of Magic" from the first few pages onward. Robin Hobb has created an old pirate's tale that is so vivid and realistic that I was loath to wrench my eyes away from its pages for more than a few minutes at a time. Curse sleep, give me more of "The Liveship Traders!"

Hobb's characters truly came to life for me. Althea is a character that truly did grow throughout the book, someone who started off as a spoiled Captain's daughter turned slowly but surely into the courageous young woman she so had the potential to be. Wintrow, the haughty boy finds out that there are more things to life than just the religion he devoted his life to, and finds out that one can see religion in many different ways and lights and truly he comes into being as a man, and finds the person he wishes that he could be.

On the home front, Keffira, Althea's older sister is finding out how hard her mother actually works and how hard she is going to have to work to keep the family finances together while her husband is out to sea, and her daughter Malta in her rush to become a woman is soon over her head with a suitor that she should treat with caution.

On ever single page, there is drama, adventure, excitement, and suspense. I cannot wait to read the rest of Hobb's "Liveship Trader" series, and find out what is going to happen to all of my new friends, the Vestrit family and their lovely ship Vivacia. (less)

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Oct 20, 2011

Cv Rick rated it

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Shelves: fantasy

What I want from escapist fantasy is a good story with good characters, paced well. With Ship of Magic, I got all that. With only a couple of annoyances. (I'll address those later.)

The story, unsurprisingly, centers on majestic sailing ships, the docks, and the lives of its sailors and officers. The style and detail compare favorably to Patrick O'Brien. Heavy discipline, tidy ships, scary storms, politics and abuse all keep the story moving - and the story is good. Liveships are made f...more

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Apr 29, 2010

TeenFiction Teton County Library rated it

TCL Call #: SF HOBB

Madeleine - 5 stars
Lord! To think I almost did not read this because of the humilitation inducing cover art (our library's cover looks a close cousin to a breathless ladies romance novel).
A not-to-be-missed series! Every single person I've suggested the "Ship of Magic" to has gone on to read the entire series. Do not be put off that it is labeled as fantasy nor that it has dragons in it.

The entire Liveship series by Robin Hobb have...more

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Apr 29, 2010

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May 22, 2011

Caroline rated it

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Shelves: fantasy, sea-stories, 1st-in-a-series

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb is the first in a trilogy about the “Bingtown Traders.” Specifically, it is about the Vestrits, a once wealthy family struggling to pay off their debts in a bad economy. Their only asset is their liveship, a magically sentient ship tied to their family. Ephron, the captain-patriarch of the family, has just died, leaving the family in the midst of a bitter feud as to who will succeed him. Intertwined with their problems is the story of Kennit, a pirate seeking to b...more

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May 13, 2010

Hazel rated it

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Shelves: fantasy

Recommended by Jamie. I swear I've seen this in the library and assumed I'd already read it! Looking forward to it now.

I was right, and immediately recognised the serpents of the prologue. I remember poor Althea who loses her heart's desire. I'd forgotten Kennit, though, and his character seems more complex than I expected. He's not just a comic book villain.

May 13th

This has been so much fun that I've read it through in just a couple of days. Very...more

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Jun 05, 2008

Nikki rated it

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Shelves: dragons, fantasy

I was intrigued by this book. I got about two thirds of the way through it before things really started to bug me. Robin Hobb's writing is still good, and readable, but the way this story is put together is really quite flawed, in my opinion. It's in the characters, the way the plot is put together, the pacing.

I'll post my full analysis of why it's "broken" for me on the last book of the trilogy.

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Jan 10, 2012

Tammy rated it

Shelves: fantasy, own

Economic circumstance robs Althea Vestrit of her inheritance, and the sentient liveship, Vivacia, passes to her sister and brother-in-law, Kyle Haven. Kyle, weak on the ethics front, immediately sets his eyes on the profitable slave trade, and drags his unwilling son, Winstrow, aboard to solidify his claim on the ship. Althea Vestrit's love for the ship causes her to make questionable choices in a desperate attempt to regain Vivacia. Meanwhile, the pirate Kennit seeks to capture a liveship an...more

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Dec 27, 2010

Gill rated it

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Shelves: 2010, month-12

Althea Vestrit was born to sail. She comes from an Old Trader family who have sailed their ship Vivacia for 3 generations and she is expected to continue that tradition. But when her father dies, Althea's inheritance is snatched from her. Estranged from her family, she must disguise herself as a boy to sail on other ships, whilst plotting to regain Vivacia.

But Vivacia is under threat - Althea's brother-in-law doesn't understand how ships made from wizardwood are completely different ...more

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Jan 31, 2012

Widdershins rated it

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Since I loved the Farseer trilogy so much, I had high expectations for this trilogy. Unfortunately, I was not crazy about this book. First of all, book 1 did not have a stand-alone ending, which is a pet peeve of mine. Because the story was told through several character's eyes, I didn't make as strong of a connection with them and found the story to be very sprawling and loose. I also don't love the sea serpent tangent - I'm finding the mystery frustrating instead of inviting. Lastly, the ...more

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Nov 29, 2009

Elaine Dowling rated it

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This is a long book, and it really isn't a complete book. It is pretty clearly 1/3 of a much longer story told in a trilogy. Most of the book's main themes have no real resolution in this volume. So, it seems premature to review it. That being said, this is one of those books that will stay with me for a while. The characters, the world building, the themes, have all gotten under my skin.

This is my second Robin Hobb trilogy and her real strength is her characters, their motivati...more

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Dec 22, 2011

Paul Richardson rated it

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Recommends it for: farseer fanatics

As you'd expect, Robin Hobb delivers some fully fleshed out characters. She also puts some nice conflict in. I disliked the situation they all find themselves in, which is a good thing: it means the author did a good job creating some story elements that need resolving.

The book feels a bit long, and it's not a page-turner: it's on the slow side. Still, it was interesting enough to finish, and I have a desire to read about everything that happens in the same land as the Six Duchies, eve...moreAs you'd expect, Robin Hobb delivers some fully fleshed out characters. She also puts some nice conflict in. I disliked the situation they all find themselves in, which is a good thing: it means the author did a good job creating some story elements that need resolving.

The book feels a bit long, and it's not a page-turner: it's on the slow side. Still, it was interesting enough to finish, and I have a desire to read about everything that happens in the same land as the Six Duchies, even if - as in this book - it takes place far away and so the only thing you get are oblique references. And so I will read the other 2 liveship books too.

What follows is a small amount of commentation on a few specifics, so caveat lector...
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Bingtown has a thought-out feel, with an interesting culture and way of life. Good job Ms. Hobb! Jamaillia was not as fleshed out, but it's only a supporting player, so that's OK. The Rain Wild traders, I really love. What an interesting group! I hope we get to sail up the Rain Wilds river in the later books, and catch some glimpses of these mysterious folk.

The slavery system was one thing I thought was weak. What's to stop them from conking everyone they see and trying to make them all slaves? (Or at least as many as they think they can get away with). On the other hand, what's to stop a group of do-gooders from going to claim all the slaves they can, during the grace period? Seems like with these two conditions (the conk and the claim). The slave system would be unstable and would either overwhelm or shrivel...

So, not a bad book. Not on my top shelf, probably won't read it again, unless the other 2 books in the series really bring it together in a nice way. But not a bad read. It entertained me.(less)

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Jul 09, 2011

Věrka rated it

Recommends it for: Everyone

Shelves: fantasy

I started reading the Liveship Traders Trilogy right after finishing the Farseer Trilogy. I actually wanted to skip right to Tawny Man - but someone convinced me to read this first - and I'm glad he did, I think. I can't help but compare the Farseer Trilogy with what I've read of this one so far. They're actually similar and yet very different at the same time:

First of all, the setting is different. We get to spend most of the time on the sea (naturally). Jamailia and Bingtown are no...more

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Jan 01, 2012

Charlotte rated it

I think that this is my favorite book of the entire series. It is an action-packed, completely unique story with plenty of well-developed characters. Hobb does a fantastic job of introducing the world. There is no excess explaining and she leaves the reader delighted with the world and curious to learn more. My annoyances with this book were the slow beginning to the Paragon plot and the lack of interaction between the characters.

Winthow and Vivacia both shone in this novel and I f...more

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Feb 04, 2009

Cait rated it

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I've read this series before, but after watching some movies with ships in them I suddenly felt the need to read books about ships. These came to mind, so I picked them up again.

The first time I read them, I was a bit disappointed because they are quite different from the Farseer Trilogy, which I think is a truly wonderful series. However, this time I was quite impressed by Ship of Magic. While some of the characters are still annoying, they are very convincingly so. My only complaint ...more

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Mar 23, 2007

Jewel rated it

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Oct 03, 2011

Scarlet rated it

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Shelves: epic-fantacy, adult

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is the first robin Hobb book I ever read and I don't think it would be the last, I intend to at least finish the series and I recommend it for people how like books about adventure but in a slow character building pace . I thought the book was a very good one, the world and character building is splendid, it's rather slow and there are many characters, also I found it rather dark but that could be a bonus for others but not me!!
The characters alone can take up pages to discuss, my f...moreThis is the first robin Hobb book I ever read and I don't think it would be the last, I intend to at least finish the series and I recommend it for people how like books about adventure but in a slow character building pace . I thought the book was a very good one, the world and character building is splendid, it's rather slow and there are many characters, also I found it rather dark but that could be a bonus for others but not me!!
The characters alone can take up pages to discuss, my first favorite character was wintrow I don't know why, but then I replaced him with kennit, I don't know why either but I found myself anticipating/enjoying the chapters about him more than any other character, I wish I could know more about his childhood and whatever made him the terrible man he is!!, I even found the Etta-kennit pairing much better than the Althea-branshon pairing,Etta is so suitable for Kennit hehehehe.
Althea on the other hand was the most boring character for me, the chapters that followed her journey seemed like a waste of time to me.
Branshon, paragon, Amber, Ronica were all secondary characters to me,non of them seamed to capture my attention, well maybe paragon at some point then I realized that he wasn't gonna tell me-or amber- anything interesting so I just dismissed him.
Kyle.. well at first I told myself that I was not going to hate him just because of what Althea thought of him, he seamed like a responsible man trying to protect his family from bankruptcy, but then I ended up hating him anyway..I actually held up until he marked his son as a slave.. that was a bit to much for me.
Keffrea and Malta were quite interesting for me..again I can't tell why but I think it was surprising to see characters that I thought were minors step up and take a role in the event..didn't like malta though but I enjoyed watching her lead her own downfall..Yep am evil!!
I think I spoke a lot of the characters but the characters are the most important aspect in this book, in fact it feels like this book is merely introducing characters for the next book, which I already marked as to-read. (less)

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Oct 24, 2008

Stephen rated it

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Shelves: fantasy, to-re-read, audiobook, fantasy-high-and-epic

3.0 to 3.5 stars. Another good, solid effort by Hobb. Excellent world-building and great character development, but bogged down by a pace that was a bit too leidurely for me. Still, a fairly enjoyable read and it sets the stage very well for future books in the series.

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Jan 16, 2012

Jana Perskie rated it

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Shelves: fantasy

Robin Hobbs' "The Realm of the Elderlings', 4 sets of trilogies which include, in order, "The Farseer Trilogy," (which includes, "Assassin's Apprentice, "Royal Assassin, "Assassin's Quest,"); "Liveship Traders Trilogy," (which includes, "Ship of Magic," "The Mad Ship," "Ship of
Destiny"); "The Tawny Man Trilogy," (which includes "Fool's Errand," "Golden Fool," "Fool's Fate,");...more

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Apr 16, 2010

Gaby rated it

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Shelves: fantasy

After reading the entire series I can only give it three stars, I had dearly wanted to give it four but...... in the very end it was an unsatisfying read.

A rip roaring tale, let me summarise my feelings on each of the books.

Ship of Magic. Was a bit slow, and I was initially not drawn in, but the character Wintrow was interesting and was the only reason I carried onto the next book

Mad Ship. Was the best of the three. It redeemed the first book in my eyes....more

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May 17, 2011

Mazil rated it

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Shelves: fantasy

Magic, fantasy, pirates, mythological creatures, and a huge cast of varied, flawed and lovable characters. What more could you ask for?

I first read the Robin Hobb trilogies quite a few years ago. The release of the first books of the Rain Wild Chronicles tweaked fond memories of reading the Liveship Traders series, so I decided to re-read them before embarking on the new books. I'm glad I did.

Ship of Magic follows the adventures of Althea Vestrit, a young woman whose dreams ...more

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Aug 07, 2010

Ann-Marie rated it

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This is the second time I've read this book. To be frank, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. I had originally intended to buy a differnt book by the same author, but the bookshop I was in didn't have it at the time, so I somewhat grudgingly bought this one instead.
First time I read the story, I wasn't all that taken with one of the main characters, but this time around, I didn't mind him so much, which probably was the reason why I was pleasantly surprised at how keen I beca...more

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Nov 07, 2011

Alessandro rated it

Shelves: sword-and-sorcery

The giant sea serpents are pissed off. They are sapient and have decided to take over the world. Step 1 for complete world domination: destroy all sentient wizard wood ships. Holy shit! Best premise ever! I am completely sold on this book. Please, take my money, Robin Hobb. And give it to the poor. Or keep it. Whatever. See if I care.

Ship Of Magic has flaws. I found it very hard to relate to characters like Ronica, Keffria and even Althea. They are clearly meant for female readers. S...more

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Robin Hobb is the author of three well-received fantasy trilogies: The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin’s Quest), The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic, Mad Ship and Ship of Destiny) and the Tawny Man Trilogy (Fool’s Errand, Golden Fool, and Fool’s Fate) Her current work in progress is entitled Shaman’s Crossing. Robin Hobb lives and works in Tacoma, Washi...more

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Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders #1)

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