Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

241 reviews

ursimae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

ggcd1981's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Claustrophobic Situations

cecebreze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Colonisation

blessedbamboo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Rape

milenasbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and War

In the world in which this story takes place, it is common for noblemen to rape poorer women and then have them executed so they will not bear children. We don’t ever read about it as it’s happening, but it is discussed several times for the purpose of showing the evil in the empire.

j_nell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

The audio version would be better if a female read it since the main protagonist is female. However the narrator did well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

courtofsmutandstuff's review against another edition

5.0

Even though my friends refused to confirm any of my predictions/answer my questions in advance, I really loved this book and begrudgingly guess they were right that it is better to just let Sanderson confirm all. My only complaint literally is there are not more women in it - it's essentially just Vin, and then one villainous woman and one dead woman. I absolutely love the world building, and while my friends are telling me to savor these books, I just want to devour them and know everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bookboxbabe's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense slow-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

i’m stressed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Rape

eveningreverie's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.5

White boys writing fantasy that absolutely slaps. What can you do?

Jokes aside, I get it. I get the hype for Sanderson. I get why his writing resonates with so many. It’s the perfect blend of showing and telling, the perfect amount of scenic detail without getting bogged down, the perfect way to describe action scenes. It’s the blueprint for basically every great fantasy book or fanfiction I’ve ever read. I can feel the Sanderson of it all after reading Mistborn. It’s great YA, even though I’d love a little bit more in terms of word choice and literary dressings. I don’t know how quickly I’ll continue the series, but this was absolutely the fastest I’ve breezed through a 600+ page book in a very long time. This snapped. It crackled. It popped. 

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Content Warnings

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