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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm, Torture, Vomit, Suicide attempt
Moderate: War
Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Religious bigotry
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Classism
Graphic: War
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Slavery, Grief, Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia
Immediately feels more confident and mature, more intense emotionally and physically and just like he had every word of it planned out when he sat down to write it.
Of course, the Dalinar flashbacks are incredible and tragic. They build to an incredible payoff as yet another Stormlight character learns that they can be more than their past and scars.
I'd still give the edge to Kaladin finally realizing he has to protect everyone at the end of Words of Radiance, but I'm also freshly out of the book so that might change as I have some time to let it breathe.
Heck, I probably shouldn't be writing this until I let it all sink in, but here we are.
Again, I think my main criticism of Sando as a whole is those lore dumps.
For the most part I think he writes them well and staggers them enough to where it's not overwhelming. Other times it's pages and pages of characters talking about ancient Roshar history and it can be a real snooze.
They are necessary, and I can think of a better way to get it all in there. It gotten to a point where I will most likely have to find some comprehensive recap on this series before I read Wind and Truth this winter.
I've latched on to the BIG bits but I'm sure there's stuff I've already forgotten.
I'm so glad I decided to read Mistborn back in 2023, Sanderson has really ignited my love for reading and fantasy again. So any gripe I have with this book I won't count against it. It's incredible, thrilling and genuinely emotional.
I was thinking about taking a break when I finished but now I'm probably gonna jump right into Dawnshard here soon. Don't want to leave Roshar just yet.
Minor: Addiction, Murder, Alcohol, War
The Sanderstorm at the end was a doozy. This book left me chomping at the bit for books 4 and 5, but also terrified of what else I might learn in those books!
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War