Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

17 reviews

teaselkie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, Death, and War

Moderate: Medical trauma and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

oldladysadie's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.75

I saw someone on Reddit describe this book as a 1,000-page prologue, and it seems a fair assessment to me. It was an increeedibly long read, and at times I really wished the book could have been paired down to only the primary characters in the Shattered Plains. But having finished it, seen that amazing ending and now having the full groundwork laid out for what we’re actually doing in this series, I can see how every perspective and description was necessary, and I do love all of the characters at play. I am very excited to read the rest of the series (after a break, lol).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, War, Slavery, Trafficking, Racism, Child death, and Xenophobia

runitsthepopo's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Animal death, Classism, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexism, Dementia, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Excrement, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

dsarbear's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Trafficking, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Child death, Slavery, Medical trauma, and Blood

mojavetent's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Murder, Slavery, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, and Death

apiecalypsejen's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

yogomagpie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Wow. I don’t even know where to begin. Well, it took me several months to finish this book, including having to start over because I took a short break and then forgot what was going on, oof. But oh the last quarter was really intense. My favorite moment was when

Kaladin leaped across the chasm straight into the Parshendi—time seemed to freeze—and then he inhaled the stormlight from the spheres in their beards. I audibly gasped

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I loved the variety of characters that we followed, each with their distinct personality and tone. On to book two!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Colonisation, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol