Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

64 reviews

get_lit_book_club's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

 Scores by objectively correct bookclub raters:
(All scores are out of 10)
Connor - 7.5 newfound forms
Jess - DNR
Imogen - 9 orders of Knights Radiant
James - 8 Brando-Fandos
Josh - 8.5 new sounds

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Violence

staticmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

snake148's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

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

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Dementia, and War

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

arcticaur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and War

hailey_miller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

 Once again, Sanderson has created a stunning addition to the Stormlight series.

Like the books (full sized novels, not the novellas) before it, we dove into the backstory of a character: Venli. We also were transported into Shadesmar, visiting the Honorspren capital, which was really cool.

One thing I love about this series is that it goes into hard topics, such as abuse, addiction, and suicide, and shows people overcoming those trials.

 And the climax… oh… it was amazing. I’m not entirely sure whether I liked this book’s climax better, or Oathbringer’s better. I think I’m not sure because they’re great in different ways. I’ll be honest, I actually cried. Not because I was sad, though that almost happened too, but because there is such a touching scene. And then Kaladin gets some major character development! Yay! *dances around throwing confetti* Yes, he’s my favorite character.

But oh ho ho. You thought I was done. NOPE! The climax was crazy, but just WAIT until the epilogue…
And then the book ends. Super great though! I LOVED it! Excitedly waiting for book 5. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Death, and Blood

zaharya's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

So many mysteries, so much angst, no easy solutions, but also some truly epic moments. Did not disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

Moderate: Dementia

rkeith94's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

This one seems to be controversial among those who like the series, but it was my favorite. I found it fast paced and loved the exploration of Kaladin’s depression. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Trafficking and Kidnapping

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