Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

57 reviews

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

loreydoor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

An excellent read, if somewhat slow pacing and cumbersome from the size of it. If this wasn't 1200 pages I would have said this is a medium paced book, but even being a fast reader it felt like I was crawling through.

The book has many ideas, probably too many which bog it down some. But, the world building is intriguing, so if that's something you enjoy then that should be enough to carry through. There's a small cast of characters to follow, though it doesn't make it feel less the epic for it. Most of these are characters you feel invested in, though unfortunately the one woman POV you follow throughout the book is the weakest of them all and I found myself losing interest in her chapters.

The writing is passable, which is what I have come to expect from B-Sandy. However, if you read through this fast enough you might get sick of seeing the word 'grimace'.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicide, Child death, and Gore

annick's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

So many thoughts. I liked the last 150-200pp but struggled earlier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

aidareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

not a full 5 star read because it’s only the beginning of the series and i’m expecting the following books to be even better, but i honestly can’t think of anything i didn’t like while reading (except for the shallan situation, but i understand it’s a subjective opinion and it was actually what the plot needed, i guess). i can’t wait to see kaladin and adolin interacting so i can finally queercode them 🥰 and, I LOVE DALINAR!!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm

cinhein's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

Good. No notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Slavery, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Body horror, Murder, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, and Medical trauma

Minor: Religious bigotry

bookishhaunt's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-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

4.5

I loved this book. Some POVs felt a bit boring until it got to the end, but one POV in particular has me speeding through it. That one POV was 5 stars for me, because it made me feel so many things. I'd give it 4.5 overall. I got through it way faster than I thought I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Slavery, Mental illness, Gore, Death, War, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

monahed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, War, Blood, Violence, and Child death

sfrench430's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death, Mental illness, Child death, Slavery, Grief, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Medical content

iono's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Slavery, War, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Vomit, Child death, Xenophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault