Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

25 reviews

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Stalking, Torture, and Slavery

v171's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I hate how much I was disappointed with this one! I enjoyed the first one, but this one felt REALLY needlessly long to me :/ In classic Sanderson fashion, a lot of time and pages were devoted to hammering in allusion and cultivating relationships, espionage, tensions, but it was done over and over again for the same tensions and relationships, I found myself just quickly skimming and tuning out and not missing anything. I don't mind long books, but I think this could have used some editing down. Aside from that, everything was classic Sanderson. Great characters, straightforward writing, good story beats and twists... I wasn't quite as engaged in this story as the first one, but it certainly positioned it for an interesting finale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexism

bookswithjk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good follow up to The Final Empire, although I feel like this book is leading the story down a path similar to his Reckoners series, where the main villain is defeated in the first book and the next two books set up a much bigger adversary. 

While I do agree that the book can get tedious in the first part, especially with the politics, I did enjoy the story. The italicized bits above each chapter really help to keep my interest; primarily because I really want to know who is speaking in those sections. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Self harm

angelareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry