Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

15 reviews

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

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

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Slavery

sirannen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content and Slavery

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

ohmygourd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Police brutality, Slavery, and Torture

library_kb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This one took me a while to complete, but it was entirely worth it. While the pacing was a little slower than previous books in the series, especially in the beginning, the end 150 pages is packed with so many revelations and emotional surprises. It took me a long time to enjoy the Venli POV's but at the end, I definitely was reading them with as much interest as the other sections. I particularly enjoyed the character development of Kaladin and Shallan and their struggles at balancing who they are perceived as with the trauma that they are dealing with. In addition, I loved the added depth we got of Adolin's character, even if that storyline kind of was dropped toward the end of the book--here's hoping it will be picked up in the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Suicide attempt