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Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

4 reviews

amelieraw's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Im not quite sure how to rate this book, because it went from okay to boring to great.

The good:
Dalinar. Hands down he, Navani and Jasnah carried the book. I enjoyed the flashbacks and his POV's the most, I even liked the heavy politics focus. Definitely my favorite character in the series (so far). 
The ending, or the last 200 pages, was where the story really picked up. The fast pacing was a breath of fresh air after such a long, slow middle section. 

The bad: 
The middle was a slog. I had a hard time paying attention and caring for anything that happened in Kholinar. I really didn't gaf about the queens plot and found myself bored with both Shallan's and Kaladin's POV's. The worst of all was

Elhokar's death. While I enjoyed his recent character development, I really didn't care for when he died and was glad when they FINALLY left the city.

That being said, Shadesmar sadly wasn't any better. It felt too dragged out and would've been better as short insertions in one of the other character POV's, just like how the ending was structured.  

All in all, I cannot rate this higher than 4 stars, which is disappointing, because I think it had the most potential as it was a Dalinar focused book (love him frfr).

first 80% of the book 3.5/5
the last 20% 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Another excellent story, I do wish it was a tad shorter, like maybe 200 pages less, otherwise, very keen to see how the rest of this story unfolds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism

lizcallahan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

And it's like how can I possibly keep writing 5 star reviews, this man DOES NOT MISS. Dalinar's internal monologue at the end was fucking everything. And, though I do profess to love a bad boy, am so happy Adolin and Shallan stay together. Can't wait for rhythm of war ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and War

literarylaura's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent