A review by tilo
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am unsure if I have ever experienced a book like this one, where with every new chapter a new information is dropped that almost always completely twists one of the many exciting narratives. From the first page on, I was surprised and as it kept going I could not fathom all the plottwists coming. And none of them seemed over the top nor misplaced, as the world, its history and its characters, whom I am attached to deeply now, are so well construed that it read so fluently.
Not to mention, the amazing and captivating writing style!
Due to the ending, I am both extremely curious and mortified to find out what is waiting in Book Three.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism, Sexism

Mentions genital mutilation