Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

7 reviews

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Slavery, War, Violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

imskylow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

Brandon Sanderson cannot go wrong. I can see how he gained his fame from this book what a wild ride with such an interesting magic system. I was not at all expecting the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Rape

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.5

By the time I finished this book I was really enjoying it. However, due to the intense world-building needed, it took me a long time to understand the book and the cast of characters enough to enjoy it and feel invested. I think I felt a little disjointed from the story at first due to this. 

I thought the magic system was incredible and so was the world that this magic existed in. I can't even begin to summarize all the action, so all I'll say is that you'll have to give it a read yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Religious bigotry, Torture, War, and Blood

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

This book is fairly dark and does have a decent amount of detailed violence and all that goes with it. The religious bigotry is all dealing with fictionalized religions that are a part of this world.

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Abandonment, Vomit, Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Child death, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

kashby's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

ashlyreadsevrythg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Rape