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Reviews tagging 'War'
La guía del mago frugal para sobrevivir en la Inglaterra del Medievo by Brandon Sanderson
19 reviews
readandfindout's review against another edition
3.0
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 2.5 stars
Plot: 3 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship
claireh6's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Violence and War
kbowles24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Violence, and Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
badbadwolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Colonisation
thecheeseowl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I love the world building. I love how it's a medieval fantasy setting with a futuristic lense on top of it. It leads to a very unique setting that the characters explore.
I love the protagonist in this book especially when he is by himself and it is only his internal monologue. The other characters were weaker and just not as fleshed out as he was. I would have preferred if the main character had spent more time with it only being him because those pages flew by while the other pages of him interacting with the others were more of a slog.
The death fake outs in this book are so obvious that I did not register them as deaths. I just couldn't believe that the book tried to fake Ealstan's death twice.
The best parts of this book were the FAQs that were sprinkled throughout they were really funny and explained world building that would have been out of place in the main story. When the story felt like a slog I would read it for the next FAQ almost like it was a reward.
This is a book that has a lot of potential but I feel that it did not fully meet my expectations. If this got a sequel I would read it but I would not recommend this book over so many other great Sanderson books.
Graphic: Gore and Violence
Moderate: Torture and War
Minor: Suicide attempt
nicoley3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation
Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War
victoriastarkid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
Minor: Child death, Death, and War
jbt1234's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: War
Minor: Colonisation
rehtaehwashere's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
- What I liked: I liked the play on Norse mythology with the magic in the alternate universe he ends up in. I like that both the
cop he's friends with and the gang he was actually in are full of trash people which is very realistic. I liked that in the end he got tostay with Sefawynn without hurting the wights . Really concerned about what that alternate universe's Loki is doingwith his laptop though that's sus as hell and very in character for him . I liked the version of Vikings in this book, too, and that the magic of this world was in being able to read, but it was done in a way that wasn't childish cringe/tacky but in a way that actually worked really really well - What I disliked: It was misleading in the title in that it sounded like fantasy-fiction which is what he TYPICALLY WRITES and was actually science fiction. That
it started off convincing us the main character is a cop in a sci-fi novel which almost made me DNF it - Overall thoughts: A really cool book with an interesting take on alternate universes and that supposedly magic isn't real in any of them
and yet he found the one real fantasy world . The cross over between sci-fi and fantasy that happened in this book.That it WASN'T the cop book it felt like it was in the beginning and that the romance in the book wasn't the whole point of the book but it was a nice side plot. That the whole book was the main character redefining who he is to himself and eventually figures out who he wants to be andhelps save this alternate reality and build a home there where he felt wanted and appreciated. Finding himself and making a home - Recommend to a friend? Y but would depend on the friend
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death