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Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

41 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

lacyleereads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Murder

tmwarner_1994's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

So, far of the three books that I've read The Way of Kings is still my favorite book and Kaladin is my favorite character. I did enjoy this one more than Words of Radiance because I liked that we got more of the story revealed to us and we got to see more of Shallan and her training to be a radient and Jashna's ward.

I cried when Elokar was lost and his wife was no longer the woman he married and loved. I also cried when he died protecting his son.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, 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

cnabb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I was surprised to find this book as heavy a read as it was. Books 1 and 2 did not shy away from emotional content but this really brought things to the next level. 

I appreciate how willing Brandon Sanderson is to let his characters be so flawed. He is masterful at creating a human nuance that makes me feel as though he’s lived a thousand lifetimes! How do you make a pseudo-monarch sympathetic? And how do you allow readers to question whether sympathy is deserved? 

However it’s done, he has seemingly done so in this book! The first half felt slow compared to other books, and while that isn’t bad, i was surprised that I had to kick myself a bit to keep from slowing down too much. In the end, it was very worth it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Murder

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

This book is a bop and a half, and while it took me nearly 2 months to finish it was worth every second. So many new questions, so many new characters, and Lift! Gotta love Tight Butt, too. 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

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