Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

22 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I don't really know how I feel about this one...  The world building was, as usual for the author, impeccable and the magic system compelling, if a little confusing.  It was more predictable than I would expect a political intrigue ridden book to be and the romance sub plot(s) were kind of uncomfortable and cringe inducing.  There were times I was really enjoying it, but I think the overall take away was pretty mid.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Slavery, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Trafficking

badbadwolf's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Torture, Gore, Grief, War, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Infertility, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

cinhein's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

Single-handedly responsible for a 7 month reading slump.

The first Sanderson book that was genuinely a slog to get through.

It is distinctly mid-2000s in vibe (not complimentary).

The 'villains' being entirely justified but ThEy WeNt ToO fAr had to be tired when it was published. Now it reads like a bad joke. Sure, it would suck for the Main Characters but we've just spent 600 pages surrounded by characters doing their best to prove that they would deserve it.

And no, the sex slave-slaver romance will never work no matter how you try to justify it.

There are 3 good characters here, and I spent most of the book hoping that everybody would die violently else. Not a great response to trigger for a book with a main theme of 'war bad'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Confinement, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Utterly brilliant, such good world building and characters. The magic system was so interesting and well paced in when the reader was given more info. I liked Siri’s plot the best, but all of them were interesting. Not to mention how opaque everyone’s motives were and the mystery of that. I also liked all of Vivianna's inner dialogue about who she had been raised to be and what she had been told to believe. 

Fantasy, Magic System, Multi-POV

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Confinement, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, and Blood

blythemind's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Classism, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, War, Child death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

nflamel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and War

ravenfaerie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

cosmere_considered's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.75

An incredible stand-alone fantasy book about sisterhood, faith, and self-discovery that takes place in the middle of two countries on the brink of war.  The magic of Divine Breaths permeates the cultures of the land of Nalthis as the Court of Gods discuses the perceived betrayal of their decades-old contract. 
If you’re a Christian and you have an interest in considering your own cultural or religious biases, this book will certainly help you start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder and Rape

Trigger warning spoilers here: no major plot spoilers

Animal Abuse, torture, child neglect/abuse (non-sexual). Several times the book follows POV of a young woman who is married-off to another kingdom’s ruler. She is forcibly stripped and forced to bathe, then examined by a physician to make sure she is “pure” and then several times she enters the bedchambers of her husband and disrobes. There are no sex scenes and no nudity is described explicitly, only hinted at. There is also talk of selling women as prostitues.

mahra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

4.75 ⭐️

That was incredible! The magic system, the characters, the humor, the themes, the worldbuilding in general… I loved it.

However, a few words and expressions used felt out of place, which took me out of the story. And I wish the ending was not so rushed.

This book was my introduction to the Cosmere. I will definitely read more. :)

PS: Lightsong was hilarious! He's my favorite. I'm still thinking about him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Murder

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Gore, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit