Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

164 reviews

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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: Violence, Slavery, War, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Misogyny, War, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Medical content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism

soyabeanos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

this was my first fantasy series and i absolutely loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Violence, Murder, Slavery, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, and War

sophiaschoice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and War

Minor: Slavery

takarakei'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Phew I did it! I've finally started this series. Overall I thought this was good, but as the first book in what I've been told is an epic series there's a lot of setup done here for the future. I don't know if I fully like the way Sanderson does his world-building, which tends to be mentioning things several times before explaining what they are (but I just keep thinking I've missed the explanation when I haven't). It also felt rather slow in parts, and I'm not sure if it really needed to be this long (yeah I know pray for me cause they only get longer from here). I do immensely enjoy the characters. The ending is a wild ride and I'm excited for the rest of the series (I just think we could've gotten there faster) because I see the potential for where this could go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Xenophobia, Child death, Genocide, Medical content, and War

hidden_squid's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Body horror and Death

Minor: Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

orvillefartenbacher's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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: Classism, Medical content, Racism, Trafficking, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Death

cheyannejeanette's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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? No

4.0

The world building and magic system in this book is amazing. Sanderson truly shines in those two areas. It was pretty slow paced and you don't learn how things work and the full implications of what's going on around the characters until the very end and even then you're left with lots of questions. Absolutely set up for a sequel and I will read the next one, but I think I need a bit of a break first lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Medical content, Slavery, Death, and Grief

alix_tz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

Extremely well written and creative. Hard to put down even though the pace is slow at times. A lot of very intriguing elements that are still not completely resolved by the end of the first book, so this is not a stand alone volume in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Slavery, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts