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Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

12 reviews

skyla_shae's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

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, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Murder

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

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Violence

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

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Dementia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

diana_barv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

No estoy para nada okay tras terminar esto. Me siento como Kaladin. Definitivamente no okay pero no tan mal como durante... ese capítulo.
Volveré mañana cuando pueda resumir mis sentimientos pero de algo estoy segura. Este libro me dio una catarsis tremenda, no puedo esperar al final y Brandon más te vale dejar que Kaladin sobreviva.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Alcohol

daughter_of_the_starrytwilight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

daughter_of_the_starrytwilight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

baponthecob's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

I think RoW was a really good in-between-ish worldbuilding type beat. It was a nice change of pace compared to everything that happened in OB. I really liked the exploration of fabrial science. It was so interesting and I found myself trying to figure it out along with Navani (even though I have approximately 3 brain cells /j).
I think I found it slow because there was a lot of "behind the scenes" activity. Like sneaking around, collusion, strategy, uncovering secrets, etc. Very much thinky thoughts. There were fight scenes ofc, but I think there was more character growth happening, which I really liked !! (Ngl there were some Kaladin lines that were like very obviously ✨inspiring✨ on purpose and they were very cheesy. But I ate that shit up bc I love Kaladin.)
I did cry in part one when

(TW for mention of suicide?)
Moash fucking tried to convince Kaladin to kill himself

yeah my friend was amused by my pain. Then I didnt really cry again until part five when

Teft fucking got murdered by Moash

bc that shit ripped my heart out and then it got smashed to pieces when

Kaladin was cradling his dead body

yeah Brandon Sanderson will be receiving my therapy bill /j 
But of course by the end it wasnt TOO devastating; there were hopeful tones despite the impending suffering that I am bracing myself for.....
To end on a good note, some random things that made me happy:
-Kaladin and Adolin. Yeah.
-That scene at the tavern or something where Veil says she likes stupid women. Canon bi character hello???
-Aspec Jasnah !!!!!!!! I called it since WoK !!!! 
-Kaladin finally getting some goddamn therapy 
-Last but not least, can we all agree that GAGADIN was the cutest thing to ever happen?????? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The Stormlight Archives are my favorite of Brandon Sanderson's works. Re-reading the first three books and the novellas in the latter half of 2020 and then picking up RoW now, although I have some regrets (CLIFFHANGER!!!) really allowed me to see BSands' progression as an author. The CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. The MENTAL ILLNESS REP. The (improving) DISABILITY REP (we still have some work to do here). The COSMERE TIE-INS. I weep. And while this book was so very, very long, I did not begrudge him one single line. Especially those last 100 pages. Phew. I need a nap. 1 million points for Gryffinpuff. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder