Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

18 reviews

skyla_shae's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Xenophobia

lindsayreads21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Mental illness and War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Dementia

troacctid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

I can't believe I was lucky enough to forget half the twists in the ending before rereading this one. What a great book. It's a slow burn, and there's a lot of different threads, but I'll be damned if I wasn't invested in the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Murder, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Dementia

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Genocide

Minor: Classism, Vomit, Addiction, Slavery, Racism, and Death of parent

jodean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Colonisation, Murder, Violence, War, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Addiction, Confinement, and Classism

Minor: Incest

gracecrandall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Slavery, Grief, Dementia, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, War, and Suicidal thoughts

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.75

 Brandon Sanderson should pay for my therapy.

The Stormlight Archive continues to be such a well written series with an epic heroes' journey that dares to ask questions like "isn't it fucked up to put some guy in a situation? Is God available for a fight in a Denny's parking lot at 3 a.m.? Crabs?" Though I wish this specific book had more Shallan and Adolin (weird considering Shallan is on the cover) and I found the pacing off.

This book fed us Kaladin stans though, he's my poor little meow meow and this book was HEAVILY focused on his arc, especially his trauma and depression. Because of the focus on Kal, Syl gets a significant focus in proximity. This book also worked on expanding on a lot of the world building, fleshing out the magic systems and the politics of this world. And like the other Stormlight books, this was compulsively readable despite its length.

And with that, I'm finally caught up with the Stormlight Archive. This series was a commitment that paid off. The books are large because they are jammed pack with fantasy of truly epic proportions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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: Child abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Confinement, War, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Child death, Genocide, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical content, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

athenaminerva13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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 absolutely loved this book! I think it's the best in the series yet. I can't wait for book five to come out!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Slavery

foxeswander'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction and Grief

Minor: Slavery and Forced institutionalization

diana_barv's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

No estoy para nada okay tras terminar esto. Me siento como Kaladin. Definitivamente no okay pero no tan mal como durante... ese capítulo.
Volveré mañana cuando pueda resumir mis sentimientos pero de algo estoy segura. Este libro me dio una catarsis tremenda, no puedo esperar al final y Brandon más te vale dejar que Kaladin sobreviva.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, War, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Racism, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide