Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

22 reviews

jelkebooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I literally just finished this book, so excuse me if this review is a bit rambly. However, I absolutely ADORED this book. It was just so incredibly well crafted. It didn't have a single dull moment, and I just had a blast reading it.
I really grew to love our cast of characters in the last book, and that love only grew as the book continued. The developement of our crew, and especially Vin, Sazed, and Elend, was incredibly well done as well. I just loved following them all. On top of that I also loved learning more about the world. We got to delve a bit more in its history, and making new discoveries consistantly. I already thought the world was insanely interesting in the last book, but learning so much more in this one made me love it even more. There was just so much to it.
The story of this book was also just incredible. It's very politics and war focussed, a lot strategies being put in place, and I thought that was just incredibly interesting. If that's not your thing this book might drag a little, but I absolutely adored it. There was also a bigger story in the background of it all, and I loved seeing that being put together throughout the book. There's also so many twists and turns, some I saw coming, and most absolutely broke my brain. Brandon Sanderson is just a master in crafting all these twists and reveals so you feel smart, but in reality you are the biggest dumbdumb there ever was. So yeah, in conclusion I fucking adored this book, and can't wait to continue on with the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Slavery and Grief

Minor: Self harm, Ableism, and Cannibalism

knittersteph's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

bel017's review against another edition

The casual sexism is exhausting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Stalking, War, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

bauke's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

3.75

Nice read, a fun fantasy novel. I was going to give a slightly lower rating, as the story was slow in places, and some of the characters were annoying or typical or had annoying aspects, but there were some nice twists at the end that you felt coming but just could not see the shape of except in hindsight. That was very well done, and the world building was also improved from the last book; the world feels less (but still a bit) like its just the main city and a surrounding wasteland that could contain anything.

RIP main characters getting no-divorce-possible forever-married

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Rape, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Transphobia

tilo'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am unsure if I have ever experienced a book like this one, where with every new chapter a new information is dropped that almost always completely twists one of the many exciting narratives. From the first page on, I was surprised and as it kept going I could not fathom all the plottwists coming. And none of them seemed over the top nor misplaced, as the world, its history and its characters, whom I am attached to deeply now, are so well construed that it read so fluently.
Not to mention, the amazing and captivating writing style!
Due to the ending, I am both extremely curious and mortified to find out what is waiting in Book Three.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Stalking, Genocide, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Infidelity, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Racism

Minor: Sexism and Ableism

Mentions genital mutilation

madscientistcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War, Sexism, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Slavery

slow_sloth's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal cruelty, Classism, and Misogyny

madzie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i will admit i wasn’t the biggest fan of book one so i’m being 100% serious when i say i wasn’t expecting to enjoy this one as much as i did. 

fantastic sequel, the themes in here were much more interesting to me than those of book one (probably why i liked it better) and i could definitely tell Sanderson’s writing got much better here, especially when it comes to writing his characters, even if i do wish we got to see more of some characters who were basically neglected (Clubs, DOX???). 

i love love love the politics and the whole mystery revolving around the mists and the well of ascension was really engaging, this world is so so interesting. and that ENDING. cannot wait to read the sequel!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Classism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Death of parent, Slavery, and Sexism

vahala's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexism, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Self harm