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Defiant by Brandon Sanderson

10 reviews

keepsleep's review against another edition

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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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blythemind's review

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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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idksamiguess's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful 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

4.25


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hilwithonel's review against another edition

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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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aileron's review against another edition

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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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katrinarose's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

A really solid conclusion to this series! I love the growth Spensa has had since book one, it really shows in a believable way in this book. There are several really emotional and wholesome moments that feel a liiiittle corny, but I’m not gonna lie, it did make me emotional. I think the climax was well done and the ending satisfying. The first third of the book felt a bit slow and like not much was happening, but I still flew through it, and the second half was a blaze of action. I’m not sure if I’ll continue reading the next series in this world since Brandon Sanderson won’t be the primary author, but I am intrigued!

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laguerrelewis's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

What a sendoff to Spensa and Skyward Flight. Brandon Sanderson has given us a finale worthy of all the buildup and growth of these characters and this beautiful, expansive world. It’s incredible to see how much Spensa has grown, and to see how far the characters we’ve become attached to have come. This book gave me everything I loved from previous books, and kept me surprised at several turns—I gasped out loud at least twice. The culmination of Spensa’s arc and the self reflection she has been having in the past installments really does pay off in a beautiful way, too. If you love Spensa and co. like I did, you surely will not be disappointed.

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supernovatovah's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Not the strongest book in the series but well written and enjoyable. 

Book 3 felt very much like a middle reader and I was relieved that Defiant once again felt like a YA book.

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iono's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

3.25


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readwithria's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

What a conclusion!

Defiant was the last book in the Skyward series, and it took the story and characters we know and love and put them to the test. There are so many things about this book that I love, and while I will try my best to avoid spoilers I can’t guarantee that the lost below will be 100% spoiler free for the other book pls in the series

Things I loved
🛰️ getting the flight back together! I wish we had spent more time with them, because Skyward Flight is one of my favorite parts of this series 
🛰️ SLUGS (iykyk)
🛰️ new POVs from characters we know and love, plus characters we love to hate
🛰️ big growth from Spensa
🛰️ Hesho, M-Bot, and Doomslug
🛰️ themes of loneliness, war, and sacrifice 
🛰️ FM in the epilogue! Great! I loved it, and loved her

There were a couple things that kept this from being a 5 star book, here’s what I wish were a little different 
💫 another 5-10 pages in the last action sequence would have been great. It wrapped up really quickly, and I wanted more resolution 
💫 y’all we already know this, but romance is not Brandon Sanderson’s strength. I can’t be the only person who thinks the relationship between Spensa and Jorgan is a little underdeveloped, right? It feels like I missed a lot of it
💫 the amount of times Spensa thought about how a piece of information would be important if she could figure out what it meant. I don’t know why, but that felt so silly to me 😂

All in all I’m so pleased with how this series ended. If you haven’t started the Skyward series you should do it asap! 4 stars

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