Reviews

The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson

rosyhumbug's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

cozy_gh0st's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

zorobin's review against another edition

5.0

“He knew at that moment that he would never believe again.”

I’m dead inside, bye.

9/10

Not a perfect book by any means, but personal enjoyment (or emotional torture?) is far more important so it’s a 5 star read for me.

My main criticism is that the political maneuverings were more telling than showing. Too much of the time a character is verbally explaining why such and such plan is a good one or how it benefits one faction.

Favourite part by far is Sazed and what he went through. Loss of faith is one of my favourite themes to read. Adding personal loss and PTSD on top of that? Yes, hurt me. I love it.

nicoleegg's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

This was a little slower during the first half than I would have liked, but the ending has me speechless. I love how every single detail ends up being significant, and everything always comes full circle.

dipugi's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

5.0

mademoiselleemadeline's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

laurenfloyd333's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

tiffyui's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

livres_et_sortileges's review against another edition

4.0

4.5/5
I've finished this 10 minutes ago and I still can't process everything.
Brandon Sanderson is an amazing writer, it is definitely one of the best plots I have ever read, so much great politics, grander threats than you could imagine, surprises everywhere... and on top of all this, the characters, the relationships are all so well developped (and I'm a very character-driven reader) while there are MANY protagonists. I can't even realise how good it is, honestly. Just mindblowing.
And it wasn't enough for him apparently, because the world becomes so much bigger in this book, the worldbuilding grows more intricate by the page, with new creatures presented to us that fit perfectly in this world, new discoveries about allomancy and feruchemy and I can't even
(Sorry if this was a bit messy but I just have a lot of feelings right now and my brain is mostly screaming)

alderblue's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5