Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

53 reviews

cbryant96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

psquared99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Religious bigotry

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Classism

alucinor's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

annaalston's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Addiction

bookishmk's review against another edition

slow-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? No

4.0

I enjoy the depth of the books in this series but at the same time I wish this one was 300 pages shorter. I listened to this on audiobook and Michael Kramer‘s voice did start to great on me after a while and I wish that Kate Reading read the whole book. 

Elhokar’s death seemed unnecessary and he could have been a great character going forward so that was a shame

I’m also starting to get annoyed at Dalinar’s character and wish there were more of the others but this book was his so perhaps that makes sense why, still I want more of all the others and less of him lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Slavery, Violence, and War

grayhawksbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

I am starting to think that Shallan is just a silly girl... and SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER DONT READ THIS: probably has DID

Kaladin.... I love you

Teft, I hope you overcome your addiction and your self hatred.... MY HEART

Jasnah??? MA'AM HOW?????

Dalinar... you sneaky guy

NAVANI?!? QUEEEEENNNN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Bullying

chloe_acceber's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

3.75

This was probably my least favorite of the Stormlight Archives books so far. That said, a lot of that has to do with my preference not being in reading battle scenes and there is a lot of that here. There are definitely compelling and interesting story lines that for me kind of carried it. 

and lets be real I wasn't a super fan of most of the male primary character's motivation being the result of his late wife's pain- there is more to it than that, admittedly, it just felt like the bulk of it was the result of Evi's death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture

merrow's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

This series continues to feel more epic with every instalment. I really enjoy the descriptions of the various surges, particularly the flying battles with

Kaladin/Szeth

. The characters are some of my favourites I’ve read, including their well developed flaws.

While I had started to suspect, the reveal that the humans are the Voidbringers was very impactful, as was Odium’s growing role as a looming figure of destruction.

While the start of the book is a bit slow to reach the parts that feel important to the story, the later parts drive forwards in a way that’s hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Slavery, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kendoll_renea'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

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail