Reviews - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

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Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Brandon Sanderson

4.06 AVERAGE

poojbooj's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

slightly confused how this falls into cosmere domain but someone will explain it to me

ajardine12's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

5.0

This was the best short story ever!

And a really good introduction to another world in the Cosmere

Spoiler

which does not have a Shard and the Investiture was so weird because a Shard was destroyed in this solar system. So like, you don't have a magic system and you're not going to die in peace and will instead get creepy ass powers once you die. WTF! Forests of Hell is apt.

The rules for the Shades were so cool. Like it specifically says "Don't shed the blood of another" instead of saying something vague like "don't shed blood" which wouldn't have worked in a realistic scenario.

That said, Silence was an amazing character and I loved that she was given a protective personality and was a mother; not just a ruthless bounty hunter who wanted to survive, but who wanted to raise her kids right and wanted them to have normal lives.

This story referenced the God Beyond many times, like [b:Mistborn: Secret History|42028213|Mistborn Secret History|Brandon Sanderson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1544550801l/42028213._SY75_.jpg|48896020]. Still a lot of vague stuff. The Shades were stuck in the Cognitive Realm as I thought (Cognitive Shadows). No Hoid in this but it was still enjoyable in a scary way.

Give me a full novel set on Threnody!

sbrandon46s's review

4.0

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

skittles0313's review against another edition

i am surprised i haven't read this before but i picked it up bc i got 20% through sunlit man and decided i needed to know more about a certain planet

what the HECK!!!!

naky's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lkreads28's review

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

theunwisesage's review against another edition

5.0

I'm really beginning to think Sanderson is one of those authors that just can do no wrong. The easy by which he creates new worlds and flushes out characters (even seemingly stereotypical ones) all while defining new magic rules (and these are more like supernatural rules, I guess) is just simply astounding.

Not a long read, but a damned fine one.

troggled's review against another edition

3.75

fast-paced

kiwireadsthecosmere's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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