Rosy Birchall’s Reviews > Ship of Destiny > Status Update

Jesus fucking christ

If Kennit sinks Paragon with Brashen on it and Althea has to watch it I’m going to riot. I genuinely don’t know if I can handle that level of pain. Hobb has managed to make me genuinely fear turning the page whilst also not being able to resist.

Omg it’s about to go DOWN in Divvytown. They’re all going to be there and a dragon is tracking one of them down…this is going to be insane.

I hate that Malta is having to go through the horrid pain of wondering if your father would care for you more if you played the dutiful role of a ‘woman’ rather than just loving you as his child. It’s agonising that her coming of age is so painful, she is so young and is doing so well at traversing the conflicting pains of adolescence. I am Malta’s no.1 supporter and I pray for her to be safe.

What I find incredible about this Hobb’s storytelling as well is how every character is important. There doesn’t seem to be many “side characters” because each of their lives contribute to the plot and therefore each of them hold equal value to the book. Selden is who inspired this thought, who would have know that a toddler would become a dragon’s minstrel?

Malta is so fucking cool - this whole imagined crown and dress to give her confidence is such a great detail of feminine power. I have done the very same to make myself feel equal in a room full of men. It’s fantastic.

THE WIT! Of course you need the wit to hear the dragons.

Okay so I understand and theorised that Kennit is the boy who “died” on Paragon. But with Kennit’s parents, that’s where I get confused? They aren’t Ludlucks & they live and clearly raised Kennit on Key Island? So I’m confused how Kennit is of Paragon’s family? The idea I’ve got is that Igrot raided Key Island & took Kennit? But then he also had Paragon…? I’m confused.

Brashen is fully back in my good books.

I fucking love Bolt.