Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

69 reviews

jillustrations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, War, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit

bulkybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, War, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Suicidal thoughts

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

fiona_gs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Read and listen carefully due to time jumps. Can be a bit confusing but finishes strongly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Murder

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, it’s so complex but well told and I’m excited to finish the series, but it’s a long read so it’ll take me a bit haha.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Grief, War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

lexnicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

annick's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

So many thoughts. I liked the last 150-200pp but struggled earlier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief

cinhein's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

Good. No notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Slavery, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Body horror, Murder, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, and Medical trauma

Minor: Religious bigotry

toto_aguiar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, War, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Mental illness, Slavery, Death, Violence, Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma