Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

78 reviews

otakatoe3's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Blood, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and War

katelynprice's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.5

Obviously, the world-building here is exceptional. I'm always into stories where individual strands connect and intertwine, so this book is right up my alley. I do think it took a bit too long to get to the end, though. I honestly think a good 200 pages could've been condensed, and then it might've been a full 5 stars, but the payoff in the end was glorious and worth the time and patience! Thank you, Brandon Sanderson, for confirming for me that I do indeed enjoy epic fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Minor: Self harm

kaylatibbs's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Death, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Murder, Classism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Hate crime, Cursing, Ableism, Excrement, Medical content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

rheagoveas's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and War

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, War, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Medical content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism

soyabeanos's review

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

this was my first fantasy series and i absolutely loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Violence, Murder, Slavery, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, and War

hidden_squid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Body horror and Death

Minor: Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

alix_tz's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Extremely well written and creative. Hard to put down even though the pace is slow at times. A lot of very intriguing elements that are still not completely resolved by the end of the first book, so this is not a stand alone volume in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Slavery, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

kennacrowe27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.

I do not normally write out book reviews, but this is seriously one of the best books I have ever read and cannot stop thinking about it. 

The Way of Kings is an aptly named book. Although it follows several different characters with very different (though connected) stories, this book is about honor above all else. To take responsibility and do what is right over what is easy or personally advantageous. The amount of true introspection, courage, and sacrifice exhibited by the characters admittedly moved me to tears. 

This is indeed a long book, but to experience the rollercoasters of the incredibly well-crafted character arcs is absolutely worth every single page. Watching these characters struggle and come to grips with their situations is truly inspiring and, as only the best books do, has made me feel less powerless in the world. 

Apart from the characters, the world-building is just as incredible as other Sanderson books. Roshar is an incredibly rich and diverse place, and I am looking forward to learning more about the various cultures in the next book. There were also a number of plot twists presented at the very end that are making me so impatient to start Words of Radiance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Medical content, Slavery, Classism, War, Blood, Death, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

jguerrera77's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense 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

4.75

The world is very richly built. For those who like fantasy and sci-fi, it doesn't delve too deep into world building that isn't believable. The characters are well-rounded and extremely compelling. I found myself wanting to know more about every one of them, the "heros" and the "villains" alike.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, War, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery