Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

28 reviews

soyabeanos's review

adventurous 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: War, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

takarakei's review

adventurous emotional 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

There were multiple points while reading this book when I was actually screaming out loud, on the edge of my seat, and crying. This is only my second 5 star book of 2024 so far.

Honor is dead... but I'll see what I can do

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Classism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Slavery

animal death/cruelty:

A mc's horse dies during war. Besides that all animals are made-up species: there is an animal fighting ring, a zoo visited by characters, and other animals killed.

peonierose's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Murder, and War

monahed's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

aseel_reads's review

adventurous dark 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

4.25

Things are happening !! Mwahaha 😂 the reason this doesn't get 4.5 stars is because things only picked up in the last 30% and I wish there had been a bit more plot earlier in the 1000+ page book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Grief, and Slavery

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

phoenxwing's review against another edition

adventurous 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

This is now my favorite book of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Colonisation and War

Minor: Death, Blood, Classism, Racism, and Violence

rheagoveas's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Blood

jrow's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

Another excellent read in The Stormlight Archive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Stalking, War, Death of parent, Murder, Religious bigotry, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

katrinarose's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the action we got in this book, as well as the character development from Shallan and Kaladin. I do feel like there were parts that dragged, and while I’m happy some information/answers were revealed, I still feel like there’s a lot of lore that still hasn’t been explained which can be frustrating. As always, the action-packed ending was great.

One thing I keep thinking about is the Parshendi people - I get racist vibes from the portrayal of a mostly dark-skinned subservient species who are secretly savage villains, and I’m wondering if this will be directly or indirectly addressed at some point. The whole lighteyes vs darkeyes dichotomy in humans seems like a pretty clear metaphor to me for skin color stratifications in our society and this is mostly shown as bad - until it’s shown darkeyes actually turn into lighteyes when they bond with a shard blade. So I don’t know, I guess the next books will ultimately reveal how it’s all meant to be taken.

Overall I enjoyed this book, and have high expectations for the next ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Classism, Death, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Racism, and Grief