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Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

10 reviews

katrinarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think this is my favorite so far in the series. The character development, plot twists, and grand finale were so well done. I didn’t know how I’d like the focus on Dalinar since I enjoyed Kaladin and Shallan’s perspectives more in previous books but his backstory ended up being very compelling. This didn’t make a 5 star rating for me just because the pacing didn’t feel very consistent, there were some exciting parts throughout but a lot that dragged for me, and it took me almost 5 weeks to finish. I wish the drama of the last part was extended a bit into the other parts more. There’s a lot I could say about the individual plots and characters (just a few notes: Lift’s appearance/knowledge was strange and kind of unfounded despite her having a whole novella; Shadesmar was a huge drag) but I’ll leave it at that. Very interested to see where book four goes after that ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Violence, War, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

dahud's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Dementia, War, and Alcoholism

Minor: Colonisation and Slavery

ashlynroy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really loved this book. I even sobbed at one part. Shallan really is becoming the most interesting character and I love that for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Classism, Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, Drug abuse, War, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Genocide, Dementia, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Addiction, War, Murder, Grief, Child death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Dementia, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Deportation, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Violence, and War

iono's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Slavery, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Child death, Homophobia, and Medical content

kashby's review against another edition

adventurous tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

acab except for kaladin in the wall guard

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

This book is even better the second time around and the narration is great as usual.

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring slow-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

Graphic: Alcohol, War, Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Grief, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Death of parent

tinyelfarcanist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

This book has great moments: Urithiru's exploration, the Kholinar situation, Wit's awesomeness, unexpected deaths, Lift, and (like any Sanderson novel) an epic ending.

Still, it was way too long and for me, it didn't add much (with the exception of a couple of chapters) for Dalinar's backstory that hadn't been said before.

It is a great book, just the weakest of the three, IMO.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

111's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it. could’ve been shorter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Violence