Reviews tagging 'Death'

Kinder des Nebels by Brandon Sanderson

250 reviews

altbinx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Rape

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Okay so I really enjoyed this book, however there were a few things that prevented me from giving the full five stars, primarily the fact that the beginning was on the slow side and the magic system was very confusing to understand until about 100 pages in when it was finally explained to the MC. It was also a little tough to keep track of all of the characters and perspective changes until about halfway through. Once I got past all of that though, really a fun fantasy adventure with a unique magic system, compelling plot, and some great characters! Though I could do without the 5 year age gap between Vin and Elend, and I wish it passed the Bechdel test. Definitely gonna read the rest of the main trilogy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Sexual harassment

remuslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kouran94's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: War

nirellis's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I have mixed feelings here. Overall I loved this book it got me mourning a whole fictional character which has never happened before. My only problem was that it was quite slow going there in the middle which made it hard to enjoy and there was little to no romance which was a bummer. The payoff from the ending was worth the journey though.

So my specific ratings:
Beginning of the book: 4 stars
Middle of the book: 3 stars
End of the book: 5 stars

“Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”
- Kelsier 

Kelsier ily <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Torture

alba_marie's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.0

Unique and interesting magic system, but all in all the story was... fine?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Rape, and Death of parent

fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

I loved this book and the world it was set in. The premise of it is so good and so is the magic system. And the characters are all just so good and well-written. 
Vin and Kelsier as the main characters, a newby and a master, are a great way to give exposure and explain things to the readers, too, without it seeming out of place. And having them both as the POV characters is also a great way to show their relationship developing. And I loved their (father-daughter) relationship and also the other relationships in this book. The heist crew as found family planning a revolution, but also just joking around with each other was so fun to read. And the ball scenes with Vin and Elend were adorable and gave me YA-vibes.
I liked that, with the heist crew and rebellion leader working togethere, there were interesting discussions about what is needed and ethical for a rebellion. And even the crew having varying opinions on it, like Kelsier and Vin treating the skaa guards differently. Also Sazed and his mission to find a fitting belief for everyone and his thoughts on religion as something that suits you rather than fitting yourself into one was really interesting. Both very cool ideas and a fantasy book is such a good place to explore different ideas and views.
Also, the writing was so good! There were scenes in the beginning, that made me wonder about certain truths the world/setting, that later got resolved so perfectly. And also some plot twists where kinda pretictable, but the the real plot twist would be so much more than I could have predicted. Which really made me feel respected as a reader, because the puzzle pieces where all there and it didn't just ocme out of nowhere. And there's questions left open for me to definitely read the other books in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

another_avid_bookreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

itsjustbethg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Infertility