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Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

42 reviews

debdeb123's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Grief

jessiecakes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

stuckinatimeloop's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

brandon sanderson is a man who writes girl characters really well. spensa is funny, quite relatable (more than usual scif/fantasy mcs), a bit odd in the best way. it's probably the thing i loved the most in this book.
plot is awesome, space pilot academies are great. more development of side characters would have been nice though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Vomit

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

The way they just nonchalantly killed characters made the whole experience so much better. Like yeah let's just slaughter the first guy that seems like a love interest, and then the rest of the characters will either die or drop out directly after accepting the main character. Lmao. The ending was so tense, there were like 20 pages left and she was about to explode so I thought the book would end with her death.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Death, and Vomit

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

annie_arya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

snomsongs's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring 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

first brandon sanderson down the hatch and i LOOOOOVED it omg. literal perfection, so upset w myself for not realizing this is a 4 book series and not a trilogy bc i just know i’m gonna eat up starsight and cytonic. thank god for novellas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Death

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

aralakh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

smiley_ari's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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