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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 2693132" data-attributes="member: 8439">making you feel is the mark of a good writer. What they choose to make you feel is the factor that defines who will and will not like a writer.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I wouldn't say that she "doesn't pull punches". It is entirely her decision whether any punches will be thrown at particular characters in the first place. The way that things turn out in her books is no more realistic than any other fantasy story, its just her choice of what happens and how to focus on it. (On the latter decision, one could contrast how the reader is informedof the abuse of Ela with the near play by play of the virgin companion. Neither one was more realistic or better writing, both accomplished their story and characterisation goals equally well, but one detacted me from the story, in the end making me feel less, not more.)I hope this doesn't sound argumentative, I agree Hobb is a good writer, but the abuse of her characters doesn't make her a better writer, just one who will have a more polarized apeal.</blockquote>