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O Império Final by Brandon Sanderson

199 reviews

pammiie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Classism

mice_are_nice's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

Minor: Rape

jenny_estes09's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Murder, and War

passionatereader78's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

knottygeek's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Body horror and Trafficking

bkwrm1317's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

Really solid start of the mist born series!! Loved the character development, worldbuilding, and magic system based in metals - allomancy. I’ll be very much looking forward to where the series takes Vin, Kelsier’s crew, and Elend as he tries to make their society better for everyone. In particular, Vin and Sazed (and maybe with some help from Marsh!) as they try to discern what the Deepness is and what happened at the Ascension. 

I was not expecting the twist at the end at all!!

Also was weird to realize Sanderson teaches at BYU… that’s definitely a choice 👀

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Death, Rape, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation

jacobethank's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

this was a perfect first foray into the cosmere! the world-building, the magic system, and the character development were all top-notch, and i'm already itching to read the rest of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual violence

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

porridgegobbler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

This might just be my new favourite book of all time.

It takes some time to get into the groove of the world and the magic system, but the payoff is monumental. A brilliant, lovable cast of characters, excellent dialogue and banter. 

The last 150 pages were INSANE, I was gripping the boom for dear life, I cried, I yelled, just WOW! 

This book was also surprisingly philosophical, moments that explored mental health, faith and hope so effectively.

It works well as a standalone so I'm curious to see how the trilogy progresses. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape and Sexism

carmelaagro's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

The magic in this story is really cool. Fun and easy read. This is a big book but a great story, so it's easy to keep reading. I wish the ending was better, but there are still two more books, so I'm excited to read more! Could certainly use more female characters and female interactions. I think it passes the bechdel test, but barley, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, and Classism