Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

76 reviews

trikzon's review

adventurous dark hopeful fast-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

Mistborn: The Final Empire creates a believable but magical world. I was always asking questions and they would always be answered. It felt like each chapter gave new insight into the world and twisted my perspective on it.

The protagonist is a young street urchin who grew up in the underground. She trusts no one, but by the end she is confident and kicks ass. There are many side characters who all contribute to the main plot in their own ways.

This is a great fantasy heist book. It ties up nicely at the end and could work as a stand alone book. I only worry about where the future books will go, but from the reviews I've read only good is to come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content

blynecessity's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

Y'all, this read felt reeeal tone-deaf when it came to the topics of poverty and dealing with trauma. Also, very clunky writing. And why was there basically one woman in this whole book? Outside of random socialites, a couple of unnamed maids, and a girl who was about to be assaulted (who was also not named, just referred to as so-and-so's child), there are basically no women in this book. And the main woman was inexplicably and instantly in love with a mediocre and kinda rude man, who btw was a 21 years old to her 16 years old. Anywaaaayyy, non-noble women also seem to have almost no role in society aside from literally popping out "a dozen children"??? Where were they all the rest of the time?? Every background character seemed to be a man, and (with one exception) every foreground character was a man too. I just did not love this book, tbh. Maybe this was really progressive to the cis-het white men who were looking to expand their grimdark fantasy reads when it first came out, but this has nooot aged well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, and Trafficking

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Torture and Trafficking

gracecrandall's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

lucimolri's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

thevietvegan's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

High fantasy, unique characters, politics, classism, magical science and humanity... SO FUN! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence