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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

61 reviews

adragoninspace's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Death, and Torture

badbadwolf's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Torture, Gore, Grief, War, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Infertility, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

steven_v's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Violence

Minor: War and Vomit

cinhein's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Single-handedly responsible for a 7 month reading slump.

The first Sanderson book that was genuinely a slog to get through.

It is distinctly mid-2000s in vibe (not complimentary).

The 'villains' being entirely justified but ThEy WeNt ToO fAr had to be tired when it was published. Now it reads like a bad joke. Sure, it would suck for the Main Characters but we've just spent 600 pages surrounded by characters doing their best to prove that they would deserve it.

And no, the sex slave-slaver romance will never work no matter how you try to justify it.

There are 3 good characters here, and I spent most of the book hoping that everybody would die violently else. Not a great response to trigger for a book with a main theme of 'war bad'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Confinement, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

Wow! What a wild ride, especially with the graphic audio. I did follow along with an ebook as it was my first time reading this (and there's def some small bits left out of the GA, so I'm glad I did that - it was mostly inner-dialogue stuff but still a bit curious). The ending of this book really takes off and that especially on GA was like "eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!"

I just honestly had a GOOD ASS TIME reading this book. Really enjoyed the characters! Lightsong especially was just hilarious (also one of my fav tropes: the reluctant hero). The interactions between characters was fun to read, good banter. Sanderson is really good at writing distinctly different povs and then weaving them into a storyline that comes together in the end. THE MAGIC SYSTEM is SO cool! Felt like magic created for visual artists for sure.

The ending was what is described as a typical "Sanderlanche" where there's really a point of no return while reading and you're not gonna wanna put it down. So much happens at the end it's a lil nuts in a "I'm at 96% in this book and HOW is this gonna end" way - and how it does end is a little abrupt. Supposedly, Sanderson is going to write more in this world, and I could definitely see how that's possible with where things end (although it is definitely still a standalone so no worries about a cliffhanger).

So far... this is my top rated Sanderson book, but I've just started Stormlight and was told to read this before Words of Radiance (which I have HIGH expectations for).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

russell183'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

(4.9)

An excellent stand alone Cosmere novel with amazing characters, compelling twists and turns, great world building, and another wild magic system. 

It’s quite long and drags a tad here and there but in the last half of it is a true can’t put it down page turner and the climax is so excited. Also the character development *chef kiss*. It also has an interesting inversion of some beauty and the beast and damsel and distress trope. 

There are also several characters who will return in Stormlight who Cosmere readers might be interested in getting some background on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual violence and Animal cruelty

aleyajo's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Giggling and kicking my feet, Brandon you’ve done it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.25

Sanderson got my cackling aloud in public 🤣 I did not predict any of the twists and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the events of these books relate to the stormlight archive series but I guess I'll see 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Murder, Classism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Rape

obtoosegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and War

Moderate: Violence

l_noona's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence