Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

8 reviews

embersbookventures's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

Another bright and breathtaking adventure, and a reminder of just why I adore Brandon Sanderson’s work.  Spensa is a wonderful character, and following her personal journey and the mystery surrounding her father’s death and the circumstances of this futuristic space realm are absolutely fascinating and kept me hooked.  I didn’t want to put it down - very excited to start the sequel!  As always, Sanderson doesn’t disappoint - an adventure through and through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Grief

Spensa, the main character, makes a lot of colorful threats to her enemies in the war against the Krell. I wouldn’t call it terribly frequent - gets less frequent as the book goes on. But younger readers (13 or below) may find it a bit much.

cookiecat73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Classism, War, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Body horror, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism and Fire/Fire injury

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Scifi top gun. Loved it. Loved the characters, loved the banter, the fighting was excellent and the mystery was intriguing. Didn’t want to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, War, Death, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Violence, War, and Grief

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, War, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-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

I have never read a Brandon Sanderson's book before, but this was recommended to me by an employee at QBD as a beginners sci-fi book and boy was I not disappointed. Being the first Brandon Sanderson book I've read, I must say I understand why people love his stories.

I really liked how this book is set out. As it is young adult it wasn't super heavy on the scientific explanations, but it also didn't brush it to the side and leave it out. I thought it had a really good balance for someone like me who doesn't need much sci-fi and can easily get intimidated by this genre.
I love how all the characters are written in this book. There is a lot more then meets the eye with how they are written. We get to see their strengths and flaws all on display which makes for unique and complex characters. This book didn't have me trying to remember who certain characters are due to being similar in personality or names, instead when I read a character's name I knew exactly who it was.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get into the sci-fi genre, doesn't know where to begin and feels intimidates by some of the classics, and has enjoyed reading fantasy books in the past. This to me felt familiar when reading, but still all new and interesting at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, War, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

rogue_richins99's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Violence, and Grief

umerabab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail