Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

13 reviews

jayinbee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Body horror, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

khymihr's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse

sophia_aumueller's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Slavery, War, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

blythemind's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

4.0

The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because the ending made me so sad and I’m a baby

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Grief, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and War

heckin_hello's review

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

A nice culmination of the mistborn series, and overall a good book that was a fairly easy read! I don't personally love how everything was concluded, but I think Sanderson made excellent decisions regardless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Body horror, War, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Ableism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

The overall world building by this book was fantastic and the way it ended was so brilliant. Honestly the only reason this doesn't get 5 stars, is the length, some parts could be shorter 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, War, Death of parent, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

iono's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Suicide, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Ableism, Child death, and Slavery

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Confinement, Torture, and Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

 Content Warnings: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Death, Murder, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Violence, War, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Classism, Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Child abuse, Racism, Slavery, Mental illness, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt


Finally got the courage to read this book so I could say I read the entire Mistborn trilogy…and wow what a journey! From the start, of the series, I connected to and loved Vin and with this conclusion, I'm just in awe of the person she grew into. From a skittish street kid who thought trusting others was stupid...to a selfless and loving role model.

This trilogy only takes place over a few short years but the amount of character growth, from all the characters, is fantastic and had me cheering for them every step of the way.

Overall a fantastic and epic fantasy that I highly recommend giving a go, if you haven't already. 💜 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Child abuse, Confinement, Ableism, Animal death, Genocide, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

anelya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Slavery