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Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

14 reviews

macliffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood and Violence

unlikelyplaces's review against another edition

5.0

Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson 

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⭐ - 5 

Ok so obviously I can’t say too much about this as it’s a 4th book and I don’t want to spoil anything so I’ll do my best. I will mention characters names though so if you’re particularly sensitive to knowing who’s alive at this point etc then just be warned. 

Despite the fact that this book took me 3 months to read, I actually did really love it. I think starting this around the same time as Baldur’s Gate was my mistake but we got there in the end. 

So I think this is probably my second favourite book in this series after Way of Kings. Kaladin and Navani are my two favourite characters in Stormlight and we got to spend lots of time with them in this book so that made me happy. Navani’s plotline in this book was definitely my favourite, I loved every part of it. Hers might be my favourite character arc in the whole series actually. 

The way that this book opens up the world is wild and I really wish that I was better at keeping track of things. I kind of want to go back and reread some of the Cosmere books that I read a while ago now that I have a better understanding of things but there’s just so many books I still need to read that I might need to wait a bit for that. 

My main issue with this was that I really didn’t care about the flashback scenes. Now, to be fair, I struggle with flashback and vision scenes in general and the flashbacks have been my main struggle with this entire series. But the flashbacks in this book were a particular struggle for me, I really didn’t care at all. I do like that character in the main storyline but their flashbacks just felt unnecessary to me. It obviously didn’t ruin the book for me though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction

merisavale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I wasn’t gripped by this book until the every end, but man what a good book looking back. Just long af and as with the other books, it’s hard to see where the book is heading, so not as gripping 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gore

Minor: Drug abuse

itsmrsam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

asiders's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

aidareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

amacat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

Second time reading this through and enjoyed it much more the second time.

the deaths in the last part the first time around were hard for me to get past

. Sanderson makes very realistic characters. Which is great. But also frustrating because you want all the characters mental illnesses to be better and hate they are dealing with the same issues over and over. Love his books can't wait for the next ones.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

piirns's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Kaladin’s struggle against depression is handled so wonderfully, it was really inspiring to see him deal with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: War, Mental illness, Dementia, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

booksandteatime's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide, Death, and Gore