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==Reception== ''Ship of Magic'' has generally received positive reviews. Reviewers praised the novelโs complex characters and plotlines.<ref name="FantasyBookReview">{{Cite web |title=Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb |url=http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Robin-Hobb/Ship-Of-Magic.html |access-date=February 27, 2014 |publisher=Fantasy Book Review}}</ref><ref name="Perskie">{{Cite web |last=Perskie |first=Jana |title=Book Review: Ship of Magic |url=http://mostlyfiction.com/scifi/hobb.html |access-date=February 27, 2014 |publisher=Mostly Fiction Book Reviews}}</ref> Wayne MacLaurin for ''[[SF Site]]'' said the book "weaves an intricate web of sword play, intrigue, family conflict and personal struggle all the while dropping delicious hints of darker secrets and unknown magic."<ref name="MacLaurin">{{Cite web |last=MacLaurin |first=Wayne |title=Ship of Magic, Book One of The Liveship Traders |url=http://www.sfsite.com/05b/ship33.htm |access-date=February 27, 2014 |publisher=The [[SF Site]]}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' gave a more tentative review, saying the book had "plenty of promising ideas and material, but heavily padded and with utterly inconclusive plotlines".<ref name="Kirkus">{{Cite web |title=Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robin-hobb/ship-of-magic/ |access-date=February 27, 2014 |publisher=[[Kirkus Reviews]]}}</ref> Criticism of the novel mostly revolves around the story length, with some feeling the book is "perhaps a hundred pages too long."<ref name="Infinityplus">{{Cite web |title=Ship of Magic, Book One: The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb |url=http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/liveship.htm |access-date=February 28, 2014 |publisher=Infinity Plus}}</ref>
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