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boredomandwordsofbooks's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Kidnapping, War, and Torture
Minor: Rape and Blood
andrea_lachance's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Recommended by Carson & gifted by Logan. So glad I finally read a Brandon Sanderson book. I wasn’t really into it at first, but once everything is all set up it gets really good. Love the dynamic between Vin & Kelsier, it’s what I live for. I haven’t read a book with an interesting magic system and good lore in a hot minute and good god is it engaging. I love that my brain was trying to sort out how Inquisitors work and what the Lord Ruler’s deal was. The setups and payoffs are good.
Sanderson knows how to set up a hard magic system with good limits, and it’s really interesting to speculate see how the two different magic systems will play off eachother in the next books.
Love me a knife wife. Vin is a lot like Inej from SoC so I was all-in for her. Love a good female character who has to learn to trust. I really related to her sitting back during a good moment with friends and having that really depressing realization that it’s going to end. She’s so real for that.
Kelsier is literally Jamie Lannister (or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in my head because similar character archetypes and ages. Idk man something about a mentor/mentee found family dynamic really does it for me. He’s everything you expect from The Hero. He’s got the look, the attitude, the charisma, the skill. He’s got it all man.
Great book. Simple end goal with a great journey is what makes for a good story and this just hits. Gotta love it.
I represent the thing that you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
Moderate: Slavery, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Minor: Sexual assault
loudmouthbooklover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Classism
Minor: Genocide, Torture, War, and Child death
nikkihill22's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
But the characters were utterly charming, i definitely started and ended the book for them, and i'm so excited to see where they go in the rest of the story. My one complaint about characterization is about the minor romance in the book, i don't fully understand why the character we follow falls in love with someone as quickly as they do, but love is love and it happens like that sometimes i suppose. I just don't think this character would have necessarily.
Sometimes i like to play "spot the mormon" when i read a book by a mormon author, and i definitely think you can find Sanderson's mormon background all throughout this book, especially with the log book entries and the Lord Ruler, as well as some of the importance stressed around family structures. But it wasn't quite as bad as some other mormon authors' works are.
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Abandonment, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, and Classism
Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent
ikiteahill's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Slavery, Hate crime, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, and Genocide
Moderate: Rape, Confinement, Body horror, Infertility, and Misogyny
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
naomi_k's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Child death, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Death of parent
lanid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Confinement, and Gore
Minor: Sexual assault, War, and Torture
shlymiller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Grief, Blood, Medical content, War, and Death
lizdon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Racism, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Slavery, Murder, Child abuse, and Violence
njcowen's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Gore and Death
Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, and Torture
Minor: Classism and Rape