Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

28 reviews

moosta2112's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Murder

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

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Violence

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

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: Death, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Incest

bathsraikou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Colonisation

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, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

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

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

jennywinder's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

This 4th book of a 5 book arc did a great job giving me just enough closure to not be infuriating but left enough loose ends to keep me excited for the 5th installment.
The character growth and events were engaging and thought provoking 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

mikki_9'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

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

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, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction and Grief

Minor: Slavery and Forced institutionalization

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

The beginning and end of this book were incredible. After reading the last 4 in a row, it’s going to be tough waiting for the next in the series. The middle did drag, but overall, I think it was a good continuation of the series. As a booktoker said recently, this is Sanderson’s magnum opus. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Dementia