Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

9 reviews

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Writing: 5⭐️/5 

I think Sanderson’s writing is outstanding. Rich descriptions, beautiful dialogue, and stunningly crafted characters all twine together in this novel to create some truly decadent writing. Even the fight scenes were wonderfully written, as Sanderson has a way of describing the action without the details becoming tangled in the movement. 

Characters: 5⭐️/5

Sanderson could write a spin-off about probably any character in this series, and I would care enough to read it. Every character feels real in this book. 

Plot: 5⭐️/5 

The plot and the world in this novel are stunning. I loved learning about the world, and I loved the stories that were explored throughout. It’s a long novel, and yet the pacing is perfect, taking the time to explain each moment that needs explaining. Ugh, I just want to dive into it again.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Someone looking for a remarkable high-fantasy series
• Someone who likes Brandon Sanderson
• Readers looking for a fantasy series with stunning writing

Content Warnings? 

• War, violence, blood, slavery, mental illness, suicide, suicidal thoughts, classism, grief, murder, injury, injury detail, vomit

Post-Reading Rating:  5⭐️/5

Love, love, love. Where has Sanderson been all this time? 

Final Rating: 5⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Death, War, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Physical abuse, Stalking, Blood, Slavery, Gore, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Vomit, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

ekcd_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, Classism, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, War, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

jillustrations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, War, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit

thesaltiestlibrarian's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

bookishhaunt's review

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book. Some POVs felt a bit boring until it got to the end, but one POV in particular has me speeding through it. That one POV was 5 stars for me, because it made me feel so many things. I'd give it 4.5 overall. I got through it way faster than I thought I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Slavery, Mental illness, Gore, Death, War, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

iono's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Slavery, War, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia

chattie_the_mad_chatter's review

adventurous 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

5.0

My first re-read of this series, and it was well worth the wait and time it took to read.

The world building is so detailed and fully realised, from the terrain, to cultures, legends, history, religion and beyond. The magic we discover together alongside the characters, that what was the stuff of Myth is now present and here in the flesh. 
And all of it is interwoveninks together and compliments each other.

Our 3 main protagonists I find engaging and become emotionally attached to. Even within the re-read I felt the tension and the emotional pain and eleation was as intense.

Kaladin the soldier come slave, we not only wonder and fund out how he became a slave and so beaten down by the world, we watch him constantly battle mental health and not give into despair. We see him try and salvage something worthwhile despite being constantly beaten back and we see the human life and soul being with every drop of sweat abd blood he gives. 

Shallon the young artist of scholarly ambition, attempting to help and restore her family whilst keeping so many secrets. She is alone in a strange new city and must relie on her self and wits alone.

Dalinar a legend of battle and warfare, now must play court politics fighting against petty power squabbles of his supposed high-princes in arms. He must protect his nephew the King, win the war to avenge his brother and try and keep together the Kingdom he helped conquer. All whilst suffering visions, which cause him to question himself. What do they mean? What must he do about them? Or has his mind broken at last? 

I loved being right at the start of this incredible journey, where the plot interweave everything in a typical Sanderson way of twists turns and satisfactory highly pay off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War

runitsthepopo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Animal death, Classism, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexism, Dementia, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Excrement, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

apiecalypsejen's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury