Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

93 reviews

luminescify's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

I was going to DNF this book halfway through. It took so long to get started but I’m SO GLAD I DIDN’T!

I absolutely fell in love with these characters. Found family is my all time favorite and this story had a lot of that. There was too much death though and I’m a sap. I want everyone alive and happy and healthy at the end of a story but with stories that go like this, it was inevitable.

The ending was really rushed but it makes sense as there’s like 57 more books in this series so…do I pick up the next one? Can I handle the heartbreak? Stay tuned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, War, and Hate crime

Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Grief

emsavors's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Gore, Grief, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

jrow's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Fun read

even though some of the descriptions of gore were shockingly graphic.

Like normal Brandon Sanderson books, the first 20% took about a week to really get into, but the last 20% I finished in one evening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, and Torture

latashman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved Vin as a main character. Kel (did audiobook, don't know how to spell) was a little bit of a narcissist that you played with the emotions of characters and the reader. I thought this was a great heist book with a little political intrigue mixed in. Looking forward to seeing how the Ska build back up the empire and if they will make changes for the better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Genocide, Slavery, Colonisation, and Sexual assault

bricehartwich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: War

Minor: Physical abuse

mes0pelagic_fan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

this was definitely a page turner for me— i basically read it in less than 10 sittings! the amount of content covered was bonkers and i was never bored. the characters were fun and the world building was very neat (allomancy! who knew?) and the ending came together super nicely. 

hoping future installments have more girls; too many men for my taste. im pretty sure this bad boy does not pass the bechdel test 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Gore, Physical abuse, and Slavery

mae_is_trying's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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: Classism

Moderate: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Rape, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, and War

serena_hien's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, War, Slavery, Abandonment, Classism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Grief, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Torture

Minor: Rape

axonjay5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Torture, Child abuse, and Rape

jonwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

Really enjoyed this. It's the best first book in a fantasy series I've read, as it gets the plot moving (driven by characters) fairly straightaway and acts as its own self-contain story (sure, there are a few threads to yes-and to in the future). Gripping adventure as characters look to see if they can make a difference. I might actually read book 2 less than a year from now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Classism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault