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The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

32 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

bel017's review

 I finished! The trilogy took me 36.4 hours.

The sexism was just so frustrating. Here's one non-spoilery example:

"The Allomancer following her obviously believed himself--or herself--invisible to Vin's senses. He moved with quick, easy bounds, following at a safe distance. He ... He ... He ... He ....". Vin acknowledges that the person following her may not be a man, then calls them He repeatedly. The characters call 'natural forces' He. Everyone with power is He. Humans are 'man', all the soldiers are men. The women and children must be protected by the men.

The argument that Vin is a Strong Female TM does not detract from the sexism of the book. She's not the character that the intended readership want to be, she's the one they want to be with. It's actually more gross. The only other named women are love interests.

It's such a shame, as I enjoyed the rest of the story. Such creative world building. And yes, the prose are simple, but that makes for speedy reading. The books are unnecessarily long so speedy reading was important!

I (accurately) guessed the 'twist' on the

third word of the first chapter epitaph

. The foreshadowing is heavy handed.

I've been told that Sanderson's more recent books are much less problematic. I really did enjoy the world building and the story so I might check out something more recent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Sexism, War, Confinement, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Addiction, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

aleyajo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Omg Brandon

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Content Warnings

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

kmedusa's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide

I loved this book! It made my heart ache and I was sobbing once it was over. Very well written with a beautiful set of complex characters. I do recommend this book for fans of fantasy with high stakes and world ending topics.

rheagoveas's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Body horror

teyn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, War, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and Classism

ryanandrew23's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, War, and Torture

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

danniciaurro's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book wrapped up the trilogy so well. Questions they were asked in previous books were left to be answered in HoA and it’s incredibly satisfying. The first half of book was dark and slow to trudge through if you take on characters’ emotions but it’s worth it when the plot picks up. The ending was unexpected but fit so well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

pasame's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Torture