Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

29 reviews

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Child death, War, Violence, Slavery, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Ableism, Dementia, Deportation, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Police brutality

jillustrations's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, War, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Murder, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Cursing

adammtucker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

4.5

A true slow burn with impressive world-building and lore, the kind you can sink your teeth into and truly transport yourself to a world that feels entirely unfamiliar yet immediately knowable. Excellent characters that never feel unrelatable or overpowered relative to the dangers of their surroundings; prepare to be frustrated, enamored, and sympathetic to each of them at various points in the book. One of the best first books of a series I've ever read. Nothing is given easily and this books requires you to invest in the journey and trust that Sanderson is taking you somewhere special, and so far, it seems he is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

violeteel's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Colonisation, Sexism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

iono's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Slavery, War, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Xenophobia

bookish_gremlin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

It’s a great book with wonderful world building and characters but it’s pretty slow in pacing and has a lot of information packed into it. But reading it is worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Violence

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Vomit, Child death, Xenophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

teaselkie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, Death, and War

Moderate: Medical trauma and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

_forestofpages's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

30% story. 70% fat.

I don't need a lot of action to be entertained, but I do need to be engaged and this book did engage, 30% of the time. The rest of the time I was either bored or watching the same things happen to Kaladin for the third time. 

I really wanted to love this book. But it was so overhyped, and not at all subtle with any of the elements. I feel bad saying this and thinking this way becasue I love Mistborn, but I can't deny this was not for me. 

Before you come with pitchforks remember this is my opinion and I don't fault you for liking this book, but I personally will not be returning to this series. It's too redundant and slow for me, especially because hardly anything happened and the characters were essentially the same people that they started as. And after 1000+ pages I can't justify that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Slavery, Religious bigotry, War, Racism, Death, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Colonisation, Murder, Blood, Classism, and Grief