Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

134 reviews

lea2322's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Mental illness

martinpr's review

adventurous emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Mental illness, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Blood, Sexism, Self harm, Genocide, Gaslighting, Dementia, Death, Classism, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

katrinarose's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

There’s so much to learn about this world that I feel like this 1000+ page book was just a brief introduction! While it has a slow start, it all felt necessary to build the groundwork for what I have no doubt will be one of the most epic, complex classic fantasy series ever written. Sanderson also doesn’t infodump so you learn about the world and characters a bit at a time and it doesn’t feel overwhelming (although it is often confusing because historical/magical/character context hasn’t yet been explained - but I imagine this makes rereads even better). The characters were all very compelling and the ending was so good! I’m excited to continue on with the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

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This book was fine. The characters were fine, the writing was fine, and the plot was fine. I liked the worldbuilding. 

Truthfully, I'm disappointed with this book. I was expecting more because I heard such great things. My experience with this book was fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death

crystalmarier's review

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, and Murder

riversoftarmac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault

tinylesbians's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

This book made me fall back into reading after not having picked up a book for 5 years. The story builds slow but has many plot threads that build and are resolved at different times so there is always something happening, even if it isn't the main story thread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Gore, Genocide, Classism, Alcohol, and Mental illness

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

I re-read this on audio and it was excellent. It was a great reminder for everything that was set up in this first installment that I had forgotten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death

chelonie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

depression, ptsd

huntress's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Sexism, Death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Child death, Murder, Grief, and Death of parent