Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

114 reviews

zeidis's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

Only start reading if you are willing to commit to a long journey before destination

clarksamanthab's review against another edition

5.0

challenging inspiring reflective 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

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the plot twists at the end were so captivating… I really had no idea. amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

funplex's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow. Brandon Sanderson never ceases to amaze me with how well he wraps up plot holes but also…doesn’t? Many times did I shed tears and look at my husband (who is caught up on the cosmere) with a gaping mouth, in shock at what I’d just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

serena_hien's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

geminisoul's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The world that was created in this book was so emersive and just so well executed. The characters felt complex and I really grew to love them. I cannot wait to continue with this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

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Sanderson lays A LOT of groundwork in this first book, and there’s simply not enough payoff yet. I will trust the process and assume that the payoff will come in the later books, but it made for a very slow reading experience. The bridge crew pov was by far the most interesting perspective—everyone loves an underdog—and Syl carries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Grief

frogpirate's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

zias's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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What a massive chunker of a book for me. I have always shied away from Brandon Sanderson books because the commitment to 1k pages was just not my vibe. But it is my fiancés favorite series ever and I decided to face my fear. I enjoyed this book and the myriad of characters met along the way. There were plenty of reveals that I didn’t expect but was certainly a light bulb moment. Sanderson is known for his world building and while I can objectively appreciate and respect it, there were a handful of times I wished something HAPPENED besides world building through what I felt was infodumping through character dialogue/conversations. Overall, I enjoyed it and will continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Medical content, War, Injury/Injury detail

aliceruthless's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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With every reread I find new information. It’s a thick and heavy read but feels relevant for the times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis