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The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

8 reviews

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Loved this book. Perfect amount of slower and faster chapters. I cannot wait to start the last book in this trilogy to find out what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Slavery

mkaiww's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

The middle of the book drags and I was planning on taking a break from the series after this book but after the ending I was permanently hooked on the cosmere

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Classism, Violence, War, Stalking, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Genocide, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Dysphoria, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

jadejade's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

I saw another reviewer describe the bulk of this novel sitting on a solid four stars--but the denouement is totally five stars. I can confirm this indeed has been my experience with a lot of Sanderson's works. I'm very impressed with how the story threads have come together not just in this novel, but also build on (and sometimes subvert) what was set up in the first novel of the series. I can see why the Cosmere has a lot of keen fans.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: War, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

kaimetcalfe's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, War, Death, Classism, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

cookiecat73's review against another edition

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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, War, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

slim's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

5.0

damn
this stuff is good. i'm supposed to be revising for my exams yet i'm reading this book for 2-5 hours a day instead... it's like god damn crack cocaine 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.75

The last fifth of this was one of the best I've ever read. Wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Self harm and Grief

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

angelareads's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry