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The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

69 reviews

merrow's review against another edition

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

4.5

The world building is wonderfully paced and spread out through the book, letting you learn things piece by piece. The characters feel very well driven, and individual. Cool concepts and a good balance between action, politics, and information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

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

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Murder, Slavery, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Writing: 5⭐️/5 

I think Sanderson’s writing is outstanding. Rich descriptions, beautiful dialogue, and stunningly crafted characters all twine together in this novel to create some truly decadent writing. Even the fight scenes were wonderfully written, as Sanderson has a way of describing the action without the details becoming tangled in the movement. 

Characters: 5⭐️/5

Sanderson could write a spin-off about probably any character in this series, and I would care enough to read it. Every character feels real in this book. 

Plot: 5⭐️/5 

The plot and the world in this novel are stunning. I loved learning about the world, and I loved the stories that were explored throughout. It’s a long novel, and yet the pacing is perfect, taking the time to explain each moment that needs explaining. Ugh, I just want to dive into it again.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Someone looking for a remarkable high-fantasy series
• Someone who likes Brandon Sanderson
• Readers looking for a fantasy series with stunning writing

Content Warnings? 

• War, violence, blood, slavery, mental illness, suicide, suicidal thoughts, classism, grief, murder, injury, injury detail, vomit

Post-Reading Rating:  5⭐️/5

Love, love, love. Where has Sanderson been all this time? 

Final Rating: 5⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

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

jeffjk's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

A solid fantasy epic that feels like a puzzle box you can untangle with enough careful attention. The characters are people I want to know or be, just exceptionally well-made lil people.

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Content Warnings

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 against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’m officially obsessed, yet again, with another Brandon Sanderson book! The magic system, the world building, the characters — it’s all just incredibly perfect!! I am going to consume this series so quickly and I absolutely can’t wait!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, War, Abandonment, Gore, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Child death, War, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Ableism, Dementia, Deportation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Police brutality

bohboh's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Where to start? Incredible worldbuilding, intriguing characters, beautifully written action sequences, and a good medium-pacing but fast when it needs to be. There some of every fantasy book subgenre crammed in here, I think, and every bit of it works together to make a symphony.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Slavery, Classism, Racism, Murder, Medical content, Death, War, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Blood, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gore, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Torture

travisdabis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense

• 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: War, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, and Medical content