Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Defiant by Brandon Sanderson

18 reviews

intothestarrysea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

keepsleep's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, War, Death, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, Slavery, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

4.5

Great conclusion! Spensa you WILD but ilysm! Hesho is everything to me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, War, and Death

blythemind's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I wish there was more. This would be a great book series for young reader new to Sci-Fi. I really enjoyed the social intricacies of species learning to interact on an intergalactic stage, though I can understand if others found that aspect of the story a bit boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, and War

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Genocide, Death, and Emotional abuse

hilwithonel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-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

4.5

Final book in a series that I absolutely loved. Spensa, Doomslug, and Mbot are some of my favorite characters of all time.

I have to say though, the first third of this book was suuuuuper slow. It seemed to be this attempt at character development for Spensa with her warring feelings of needing to do things on her own and not wanting to hurt or leave behind those she loves. Great in theory, but the execution was just like SO obvious and redundant. Way to much time spent on Spensa's inner thoughts.

The last half of the book though kicked ass. So fast paced, so fun. I loved the ending. Made me cry so that's a win.

SPOILER INCOMING:







MUSHROOM BOT?!?! I LOVE IT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and War

harrisgrace's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-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

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, War, and Violence

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I’m not going to lie this one took me a bit to get into. I don’t know if it was because it’s been awhile since I read the first three books in the series, but this one just dragged in the first 1/2 for me. After the 1/2 way point I really enjoyed it. 

Coming of Age, Romance Subplots

“I don’t think most people want to do what’s right. That’s what makes doing the right thing noble. It’s a conscious choice. A hard one. If it were easy, why would we respect it so much?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Violence, War, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Gun violence

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Confinement, Grief, Slavery, Animal death, and Suicide

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, and Death of parent

kjmarino's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

Moderate: Violence and War