Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

20 reviews

itmakessenseincontext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

itsmrsam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

debhawkins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Genocide, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: War and Suicidal thoughts

moosta2112's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Grief, and Racism

troacctid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I can't believe I was lucky enough to forget half the twists in the ending before rereading this one. What a great book. It's a slow burn, and there's a lot of different threads, but I'll be damned if I wasn't invested in the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Murder, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Dementia

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Genocide

Minor: Classism, Vomit, Addiction, Slavery, Racism, and Death of parent

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, War, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Addiction, Confinement, and Classism

Minor: Incest

bathsraikou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

 Brandon Sanderson should pay for my therapy.

The Stormlight Archive continues to be such a well written series with an epic heroes' journey that dares to ask questions like "isn't it fucked up to put some guy in a situation? Is God available for a fight in a Denny's parking lot at 3 a.m.? Crabs?" Though I wish this specific book had more Shallan and Adolin (weird considering Shallan is on the cover) and I found the pacing off.

This book fed us Kaladin stans though, he's my poor little meow meow and this book was HEAVILY focused on his arc, especially his trauma and depression. Because of the focus on Kal, Syl gets a significant focus in proximity. This book also worked on expanding on a lot of the world building, fleshing out the magic systems and the politics of this world. And like the other Stormlight books, this was compulsively readable despite its length.

And with that, I'm finally caught up with the Stormlight Archive. This series was a commitment that paid off. The books are large because they are jammed pack with fantasy of truly epic proportions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery

jennywinder's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This 4th book of a 5 book arc did a great job giving me just enough closure to not be infuriating but left enough loose ends to keep me excited for the 5th installment.
The character growth and events were engaging and thought provoking 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Genocide

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, and Abandonment