Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Defiant by Brandon Sanderson

12 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

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

taque's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

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

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Confinement, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

This is a great conclusion to this series! Though it seems like Sanderson will be writing more books set in this world, which seems pretty on par for him. But Spensa's story is concluded in this particular book. 

Seeing the character growth from the first book to this book is honestly masterfully done, and though there is definitely a build up to the ending, it is worth the build up. There's so much action packed into that last part of the book that you won't want to put it down until you finish reading it. I know I didn't!

There are so few sci-fi books like this for teens that I'm glad that this series exists. Because I know there are teens that like to read about space battles, too! The random illustrations thrown in here are also fun. And I appreciated the theme that just because an alien species doesn't think or act like humans doesn't mean they aren't intelligent beings. They just have intelligence in a different way.

All in all, this sci-fi series has all the space battles you could want while still hosting a cast of characters you will come to love by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Confinement, and Slavery