Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

17 reviews

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

To summarize the later part of this book which also happens to be the most memorable in two words would be: emotional damage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Self harm, Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Gore, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Rape

anelya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Slavery

elrize's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 A great sequel to the first book. The mysteries slowly unfold and makes for a book that's difficult to put down. I like how character-driven the books are and that the politics are actually interesting. 
My only criticism would be the excessive repetition of information - I guess it's good conduct to write a book that doesn't expect of its readers to have read the first one in the series, but it also meant a lot of re-hashing. 
On to the third book - can't wait to see what happens! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, and Torture

fanboyriot's review

adventurous slow-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

4.0

I can't get over the details in these books.  The characters are all well written, the character development is so good to read as well.  While this book was a lot slower-paced I still found it interesting, learning about the world building and how the magic system works made up for it.  Having said that I didn't like it as much as the first book, though like the first book, nearing the end it got really intense; so much happened at the end I don't really know how to process it.  Overall I really like this series far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Transphobia, Grief, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Sexism

lauwbinx's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The ending of this book stole my faith in hope and humanity. It broke me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Abandonment and Animal cruelty

googolplex33's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

v171's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I hate how much I was disappointed with this one! I enjoyed the first one, but this one felt REALLY needlessly long to me :/ In classic Sanderson fashion, a lot of time and pages were devoted to hammering in allusion and cultivating relationships, espionage, tensions, but it was done over and over again for the same tensions and relationships, I found myself just quickly skimming and tuning out and not missing anything. I don't mind long books, but I think this could have used some editing down. Aside from that, everything was classic Sanderson. Great characters, straightforward writing, good story beats and twists... I wasn't quite as engaged in this story as the first one, but it certainly positioned it for an interesting finale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexism