Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

24 reviews

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

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

4.75

I am still very much in doubt about my rating as this book had me hooked. But there were some chapters or passages within chapters that annoyed me. Especially the constant repeating about what people can do with their allomantic power.

Yes, we were aware that Spook has superhuman enhanced senses because of his constant tin burning, thank you, I don’t need it confirmed every other sentence.

 

And I did love how this whole trilogy was set up. You think you know how the world works and this book shatters it all, and I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, War, Confinement, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

jayinbee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Body horror, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

bel017's review against another edition

 I finished! The trilogy took me 36.4 hours.

The sexism was just so frustrating. Here's one non-spoilery example:

"The Allomancer following her obviously believed himself--or herself--invisible to Vin's senses. He moved with quick, easy bounds, following at a safe distance. He ... He ... He ... He ....". Vin acknowledges that the person following her may not be a man, then calls them He repeatedly. The characters call 'natural forces' He. Everyone with power is He. Humans are 'man', all the soldiers are men. The women and children must be protected by the men.

The argument that Vin is a Strong Female TM does not detract from the sexism of the book. She's not the character that the intended readership want to be, she's the one they want to be with. It's actually more gross. The only other named women are love interests.

It's such a shame, as I enjoyed the rest of the story. Such creative world building. And yes, the prose are simple, but that makes for speedy reading. The books are unnecessarily long so speedy reading was important!

I (accurately) guessed the 'twist' on the

third word of the first chapter epitaph

. The foreshadowing is heavy handed.

I've been told that Sanderson's more recent books are much less problematic. I really did enjoy the world building and the story so I might check out something more recent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Sexism, War, Confinement, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Addiction, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Torture, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, and Genocide

Moderate: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide

rachelh92's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

fin_pilot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Torture, Violence, Animal death, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

Brandon Sanderson ended this one with a bang! Literally. I am bawling my eyes out because of how good it was but also the tragedy of it! I don’t want to say too much cause I don’t want to spoil it. I’ll only say one thing DON’T FLIP THROUGH PAGES YOU WILL SPOIL AND DIE! It’s just a fact. 

Onto critiques; I’ve never liked how much Sanderson used the word awesome and this one is no different. It also started out pretty slow, but it picks up and goes so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Grief, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, War, Animal death, Confinement, and Alcohol

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Cannibalism

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was a wild ride and I was here for it! I loved the story and how dramatic and chaotic it was. I’ve really grown to love these characters and this ending was a roller coaster that really fit the tone of the series. I can’t wait to continue my Cosmere adventure! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Medical content, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

5⭐️ y ♾️

No puedo expresar con palabras lo que acabo de leer, estoy flipando. 
Desde que descubrí a Sanderson en noviembre del año pasado, me puse como objetivo leer todos sus libros y, cómo no, compré el primer tomo de la saga “El Imperio Final” que no sólo me encantó, sino que me marcó de una manera indescriptible. Después leí el segundo libro y también obviamente me encantó ¿pero este? Estoy sin palabras. Creo que es el libro más denso y complicado de los tres pero me ha atrapado y me lo he leído en cuatro días, cosa que nunca hago porque es un libro de casi 800 páginas y me suele llevar más tiempo. 
Los personajes siempre los voy a llevar en mi corazón. Sazed, Kelsier y Vin me han marcado de por vida y sólo puedo darle las gracias a este magnífico escritor por abrirme las puertas a su increíble universo llamado Cosmere y no puedo esperar más a seguir leyendo los otros libros. 
Sigo sin entender cómo una persona puede tener tan magnífica imaginación y plasmarlo en unos libros TAN buenos. Cada libro que leo suyo me gusta más y más y me declaro fan incondicional de Brandon Sanderson con todas las putas letras. 
Me duele mucho despedirme de estos personajes tan queridos pero siempre los llevaré conmigo. No voy a mentir: he llorado con el final, pero me he quedado completa, no sabría ni cómo lo explicarlo.
Y ¿qué más puedo decir? Esta saga de fantasía es increíble y se la recomiendo a todo el mundo, pero he de decir que es bastante densa así que no la escogería como la primera saga para leer si te estás introduciendo en la fantasía. 
Todo en este libro ha sido perfecto, no tengo ninguna pega. Menuda puta locura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Ableism

destiny_jay's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Violence, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Abandonment, Slavery, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent