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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

21 reviews

bergha1998's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Utterly brilliant, such good world building and characters. The magic system was so interesting and well paced in when the reader was given more info. I liked Siri’s plot the best, but all of them were interesting. Not to mention how opaque everyone’s motives were and the mystery of that. I also liked all of Vivianna's inner dialogue about who she had been raised to be and what she had been told to believe. 

Fantasy, Magic System, Multi-POV

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Confinement, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, and Blood

blythemind's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Classism, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, War, Child death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

I loved this book so much! I know I said Elantris is now my favourite Brandon Sanderson novel, but this comes in as a very close second! The more I think about it, the more I love it! I really hope we get additional books! The characters are great! I had such a blast speeding through this book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, War, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Abandonment, Gore, Torture, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

Creo que ha llegado un punto en mi vida en el que Brandon Sanderson se ha vuelto uno de mis escritores favoritos y es incapaz que me decepcione. 
En este libro se nos presenta una magia súper peculiar, y es que la magia viene de los alientos de los dioses por los colores. Menuda imaginación hay que tener para hacer algo así, tan original e inusual. 

Sinopsis:
En el reino norteño de Idris su monarca se ha visto obligado a llegar a un acuerdo para garantizar la paz por el que se compromete casar a su hija con el rey-dios de su enemigo ancestral, el reino de Hallandren. Sin embargo en el último momento el rey Dedelin se ve incapaz de enviar a su amada primogénita, Vivenna, y manda en su lugar a su revoltosa e independiente hija menor, Siri. Esto trastocará para siempre la inestable situación entre los dos reinos y convertirá a Siri en la pieza clave para evitar la guerra.

Los personajes me han parecido muy buenos, y me encanta que cada capítulo tenga perspectivas distintas. Creo que el único punto en contra ha sido Vivenna, porque no es hasta el final que me empieza (tampoco mucho) a caer bien. Me ha parecido un personaje un poco insoportable y sus capítulos se me han hecho eternos. La evolución de todos me ha encantado.

Mi opinión sincera es que el libro está muy bien, pero hay partes que se me han hecho un poco pesadas. Elantris, otro libro del Cosmere, me pareció mucho mejor y siento que conecté más con esos personajes que con estos. Como siempre, los libros de Sanderson son bastante densos y con mucham
 religión de por medio, pero las 100 últimas páginas siempre son una maravilla (básicamente porque los desenlaces de sus libros son apoteósicos).
Obviamente seguiré leyendo a este señor (porque a este paso me voy a leer hasta su lista de la compra y me va a encantar), y no puedo esperar más a leer todos los libros del Cosmere💫

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Torture

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

insomniacsun's review

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

Iniziato per l'esplorazione del rapporto fra sorelle, rimasta per Lightsong.

Solo lui poteva farmi impazzire con millemila teorie sulla sua identità, per poi deludermi completamente e nemmeno 2 minuti dopo farmi singhiozzare. Tivibi lightsong mi mancherai fortissimo.

 

Vivenna e Siri mi hanno fatto ammattire singolarmente, con le loro crisi esistenziali, ma Sanderson mi ha fatto ammattire ancora di più quando mi ha dato una scena con un abbraccio striminzito per quello che a parer mio doveva essere uno dei momenti clue della storia: Siri e Vivenna riunite. Sono tutt'ora molto perplessa sulla mancanza di dialogo rilevante tra le due.

Applausi per il sistema magico, molto semplice ma intrigante allo stesso tempo. Devo dire che è stato molto frustrante non ricevere informazioni concrete a riguardo fino a metà storia inoltrata, ma è stato decisamente appagante alla fine.

Vasher, Vasher, Vasher... unico motivo per cui mi dispiace che warbreaker sia uno stand-alone. Confido in una qualche novella per rivederti. 

Ancora una volta mi ritrovo confusa dalla dicotomia dell'autore con i personaggi femminili.
Sanderson con Vivenna: uno dei migliori archi narrativi per quanto riguarda l'evoluzione del personaggio
Sanderson con Blushweaver: she breasted boobily 
NON CAPISCOOO LE SKILLS LE HAI PERCHÈ MI CROLLI COSÌ. 
Capisco che è un personaggio il cui fronte si basa sull'usare il suo corpo per manipolare la gente attorno a sè, ma la cosa era stata già ben stabilita all'inizio. Era davvero necessario descrivere il suo seno a ogni sua comparsa? Non penso proprio. 

Detto questo, continuerò imperterrita la mia esplorazione del cosmere. Prossima tappa: Elantris. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Colonisation, and Blood

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

Minor: Gore, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit

aam923's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Rape

oldladysadie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This was one of the harder Cosmere novels for me to get through. I had a personally difficult time with the systemic misogyny leveled at Siri through most of the book, particularly

having her hymen checked for virginity without her consent, the nightly humiliation being made to strip down and be a sex object for Susebron, and the repeated title of “Vessel” instead of Queen because she’s treated as more of an incubator than a person

. I also wish we learned the magic system earlier on, and had a hard time empathizing with Vivenna at times. This book did ultimately enhance some other moments in The Stormlight Archive for me, though, so I’m ultimately glad to have finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Misogyny

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

imbored_soillread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual content

cookiecat73's review

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, War, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Xenophobia, Classism, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Rape, Torture, Child abuse, Colonisation, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Pregnancy, Body horror, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Grief, and Gaslighting