Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Defiant by Brandon Sanderson

5 reviews

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

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

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

frozenjedi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.75

This book a wild ride. Honestly this whole series is, in the best way possible. 

The characters are easily the best part, I love all of them. Even Brade as a villain, she was so interesting. 
Spensa's growth from who she was before to who she is now was compelling to read (even though she was very frustrating in the first part).
You could see how much Spensa, Jorgen, and the others have grown and it was great experiencing their character arcs that spanned over the past several books. It definitely got me in the feels lol

I was on the edge of my seat pretty much the entire time reading this (with the exception of the middle part, which did slow things down, but fortunately everything kicked off after that).

Even nearing the end of book, I wasn't sure how it was going to end (which admittedly made me nervous it wouldn't be satisfying) but I was wrong. 

The series ended pretty perfectly, a very satisfying ending, while still leaving a few loose minor mysteries to pick up in the sequel series (which I'm excited for after the epilogue!).

Anyway, if you've never read Skyward I definitely recommend to read this series. It's one of my favorites of all time :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, War, Kidnapping, Violence, and Xenophobia