Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Sombras de identidad by Brandon Sanderson

16 reviews

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Such a whirlwind! Wow! This was so unexpected! I loved finally getting more call-backs for the first Mistborn trilogy! It’s going to be interesting to see how all this plays out! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

Man oh man, I'm a huge fan of this world/plot! So excited to continue. Good writing, good plot, big fan of the characters and their dynamics 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Body horror and Suicide

dkgreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Even the second time around I’m struggling to stay engaged with Era 2, which is kind of ridiculous because it *IS* in fact engaging. The world building, evolving magic system, and character development is PHENOMENAL, as always with Sanderson. I admittedly forgot 90% of what happened in this book since the first time I read it, so the last half of the book really had me excited, putting things together and connecting them to the past. All roads lead back to Era 1. And there in lies the problem: I’m still not over it. Lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Murder

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

kadtide's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Shadows of Self yet again takes the world of Mistborn and gives us a compelling story with twists and turns from start to finish.

It’s hard to talk about this book without spoilers, so I’m going to stick to some very vague lists of the things I liked and the things I didn’t love.

Things I Liked
- the new characters!
- the pacing
- Marasi’s growth within her new position
- the exploration of the time between Era 1 and Era 2

Things I Didn’t Love
- the actual story. I think that it was fine, but I wanted something a little more fantastical
- Wax’s obsession with guns. I found it very hard to like Wax or to approve of his antics, though I do love him as a character
- the fact that a major plot point of the first book that hasn’t been resolved was barely touched definitely bugged me a bit, but I also know there are two more books and it likely won’t be resolved until the last book of the series

All in all, this was a solid addition to the Mistborn series. 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Torture, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nickrussell's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Violence