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huntress's review against another edition
- 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
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
drbealstod's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, and War
Minor: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death
scifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Murder, Slavery, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
dailbrae's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Death, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Slavery
Minor: Child death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Medical content
mmkn_99's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
I started this book because my boyfriend told me it was an incredible book. This book, the fifth one written by Brandon Sanderson I’d ever read, was the book that spiraled him into completing all of the books written by the author in a frenzy of intrigue and need. So, I reluctantly began reading. I did not feel the passion or gusto to read this amazing book. I treated it like a slog to get through. Indeed, it is a large book. It has taken me a long time to finish it. But at some point, I realized it was no longer a challenge to consume. I craved the next word and the following chapter. I needed to know what came next more than I needed to do anything else.
I became paralyzed in this state of need. I needed to move through the book with speed and vigor. I had to physically move through the telling of the story. I couldn’t sit still and listen, I had to exercise the tension and anticipation.
I feel like I can only say that this book is a journey. I started reluctantly and finished it hungry. I finished this book while I walked 3 miles because I needed to be moving in order to contain my hunger for the next page to be metaphorically turned.
The world building is immaculate. There is so much to learn because there’s been so much built. The characters are real, their hearts beat and their lungs draw breath. The plot moves ever steadily towards a point in the distance I cannot yet grasp, but I am chasing after it on my two feet. I will reach the end of the universe one day, and I will be elated to be there, because then I will have experienced something like this book again and again.
I am happy to have read this book and experienced the wide array of emotions that swept through me while I read. I look forward to the next one, and anticipate that it will feel the same revelry upon completing that one too. I have been reborn. The way this book was written, God must be real for man to have created something so beautiful.
Graphic: Death, Slavery, War, and Suicidal thoughts
mattiedancer's review
- 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
- Someone looking for a remarkable high-fantasy series
- Someone who likes Brandon Sanderson
- Readers looking for a fantasy series with stunning writing
- War, violence, blood, slavery, mental illness, suicide, suicidal thoughts, classism, grief, murder, injury, injury detail, vomit
Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Death, War, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Physical abuse, Stalking, Blood, Slavery, Gore, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Vomit, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse
theinkwyrm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, and War
Minor: Mental illness
ashley_mrose530's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved all of the characters even the more minor ones. They were all so well developed and had such distinct personalities. I even loved the one who was killing everyone and will be seen as the "bad guy". They all had a lot of depth throughout the book and stood out as individuals. I rooted for every single one of them to get what they wanted.
I also really liked the pacing of this book. Like I said, it does drop you in like right away with a character who is killing people as he's trying to kill a king, so it starts off on a high note which I think was a great way to start because when that was over you were completely ready to slow down and get a deeper sense of the world that you needed in order to move on. But the book itself was also separated into parts with interludes in between. I really enjoyed that it took a step back from the main story with those and added a side story to give you more information about the world and how it works without inundating you with exposition. It really worked with the pacing of the novel as a whole.
So yeah this was definitely a 10/10 read and I will be recommending it to anyone who is interested in high fantasy.
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Slavery, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Classism
jeffjk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Violence, Suicide, War, Death, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Slavery, Colonisation, Alcohol, Trafficking, Mental illness, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Genocide
ekcd_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, Classism, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, War, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry