Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

67 reviews

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Stalking, Gore, Xenophobia, Death, Blood, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy and Mental illness

tgaddie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Death, and Blood

ryanstp's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Drug use and Addiction

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Body horror, Classism, Murder, War, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Torture and Slavery

fin_pilot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Brandon Sanderson is excellent at writing about hope and good people. And also making those good people suffer. 

<Spoiler>I love Sazed so much and how dare you hurt him so. 
I hated Zane, as a person and a character. His toll on Vin was difficult to read and went nowhere. The constant insistence on things he couldn't have known about was frustrating. 
The ending left me slack jawed. I'm still in shock. It's the perfect antagonist to these characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Abandonment, War, Grief, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Ableism

Minor: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Pregnancy, Drug use, Religious bigotry, and Addiction

thogek's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

boydgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Death, Gore, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Violence, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder