Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

68 reviews

ellipalmer's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

Brandon Sanderson comes up with some of the best, most detailed magic systems I've read. The narrator for the audiobook was great. The book is loong. I stopped about halfway through (I got the audiobook from the library and it was due) and then picked it up again a few months later. With a 25 hour audiobook it can be hard to keep up the momentum. But the second half especially flew by. 

My only real complaint is that while the female characters the story centers around feel very fully realized I felt annoyed that at the end of the day it's the male characters who do the saving of the day and the female characters are either saved or are more supporting roles. That just annoyed me, even if overall I thought Sanderson did well by his female leads. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

kerrygetsliterary'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

deezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Torture

invaderday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

i was really impressed by how unique and complex the magic system was, and how many moving parts are involved that all come together-- but i was more impressed that it did all that and still had compelling characters that i really liked!

i am beginning to embrace the fact that i really love the fantasy genre lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

in the beginning i would say there is the looming threat of rape-although it does not occur.

keepsleep'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Adult themes are handled in a very non graphic manner.

nojerama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

drusilla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

juph's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Rape