Reviews

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson

saundale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought it was good! It drags in some areas but overall I liked it!

_yumitsang_'s review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

trh4304's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

chloejen's review against another edition

4.0

steris deserves more screen (page?) time

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Cursing, and Suicide attempt

obliviousscout's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

ross057's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

daumari's review against another edition

4.0

For some reason, Goodreads didn't log my 2015 review as a completion so I had to go digging in Reading Progress to fix dates because I didn't finish my first read a decade later :p

anyways. On this reread I noticed more references to era 1 as I'd previously noted but now they're fresher, ha. Likely due to Wheel of Time people seem to think of Sanderson as a "cleaner" author than say, GRRM but like other Mistborn novels this opens with violence and a LOT of people get shot and/or die, and due to

Spoiler

kandra

there's an element of body horror as well.

Steris really comes into her own in this novel, becoming more than just a romantic (potential) rival, though if I recall it's really in [b:The Bands of Mourning|18739426|The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450134973l/18739426._SY75_.jpg|26616838] she shines (justifiably on the Chris McGrath cover).

Original 2015 review
Ah, Sanderson did it again, building political machinations on top of an already complex world. This reminded me that I REALLY need to do an original trilogy reread soon because there are many more references to characters from the old world, with a couple appearances by some...

Spoiler

The fact that Lessie was a kandra plant by Harmony is just a shattering twist. Not surprising, I suppose, since this is the realm of the gods, but man. Gonna take something significant to pull Wax out of this BSOD.

I also noticed a subtle mention to the next book, the Bands of Mourning... which might be some kind of Feruchemical band? Hm.

beewitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

nolokholin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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