Reviews tagging 'War'

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

72 reviews

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and War

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

becksus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

As a final book in a trilogy this had big boots to fill. It did that rather well! The ending remained a surprise 'till the very end and I truly find the magic system + different creatures interesting. I like how even the Lord Ruler was shown to have been more than just "pure evil" 

Some general thoughts about this trilogy:
+ I enjoyed learning more about Hemalurgy and Ferruchemy in this one, esp Hemalurgy
+ The blurbs before the chapters were the most interesting in this book, because they revealed things in tandem with the story
+ I will probs revisit this world via the second trio of books
- I found the battle scenes eventually a bit boring, because they were all described in the same way (I did not need every Push and Pull to then mention which metal it was being done with)
- I realize these books did not all arrive at once, so the reader probably needed some reminding of what happened previously. I just felt there was a bit too much of that 'previous on'-stuff, to the point which stuff like Vin killing the Lord Ruler or how she lost her mother were said so often it became annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

3eggomelet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

In the days it took me to read this book, I had nightmares and felt a general sense of uneasiness and dread. I thought the ending was weak, but there were lots of great points in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

shamaramill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

astralfaery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i will never recover from that ending. i’m writing this review through my tears, thank you brandon sanderson 😭 amazing writing, 5 stars all the way through, and i am so glad this was my first foray into brandon’s work. 

sazed becoming God while having struggled with faith this entire trilogy is EVERYTHING to me. he was just as much a father to vin as kelsier was 😭!!! on that same note vin and elend dying has ruined me and i will NEVER recover, genuinely grieving i’m gonna miss those two so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and War

b3njipix3l's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Torture

kenbuggy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

OHMYGOSH THIS BOOK - if you’ve ever considered reading mistborn PLZ IM BEGGING YOU DO IT

This was a fantastic conclusion to the trilogy, full of revelations and twists, with an ending you’d never guess but will feel deeply satisfied with(at least I am). Both heartbreaking and beautiful, I cried through the entire last chapter and epilogue. The story was weaved perfectly, so well thought out. I fear my 5 star books before this cannot compete, therefore this is officially a 6⭐️ read. 

I’m excited to start the Wax and Wayne books but I’ll miss these original characters so much 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

flyerkelly14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

Everything coming together was madness. I have one thing to say to Sanderson about this book regarding his foreword: You did it, you wrote a really solid conclusion to a high fantasy series. 
I still don’t think Sanderson writes romance or romantic relationships particularly well, but I still appreciated the character development in other ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, and War

Regarding Sazed: I wasn’t sure where Sazed’s character arc was going to go. I was surprised to see him struggle so much after Tindwyl’s death, especially since he seemed to understand the complexities of knowing/teaching all the religions before Tindwyl’s death Regarding Spook: I’m sad that Spook felt so overlooked by the rest of Kelsier’s crew. We got a little bit of his backstory and how he became Club’s ward but I almost wish we got more of his backstory or flashbacks with him and Clubs Regarding Elend: I really liked Elend’s growth from the first book and how he matured past his idealism. But I feel like sometimes he seemed so torn between trying to be an Emperor and trying to be a better albeit idealistic leader. And i just feel like sometimes there was a middle road he could’ve taken that balanced both perspectives better. Like I actually really like the way he was in the second book even if it wasn’t the “best” way to rule

turidt's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery and Blood