Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

28 reviews

fin_pilot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

Screaming, crying, throwing up, howling! I CAN’T! The ending is just so AUGH!! Im so angry and excited for the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Colonisation, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Cursing

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Mental illness, and Rape

jadejade's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I saw another reviewer describe the bulk of this novel sitting on a solid four stars--but the denouement is totally five stars. I can confirm this indeed has been my experience with a lot of Sanderson's works. I'm very impressed with how the story threads have come together not just in this novel, but also build on (and sometimes subvert) what was set up in the first novel of the series. I can see why the Cosmere has a lot of keen fans.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: War, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Violence, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

sh543's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Slavery, Murder, War, Genocide, and Blood

kaimetcalfe's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, War, Death, Classism, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

destiny_jay's review against another edition

dark tense

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Stalking

summerellsworth98's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this one way more than the first book in the trilogy. It was everything I wanted it to be and more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Animal death, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

i will admit i wasn’t the biggest fan of book one so i’m being 100% serious when i say i wasn’t expecting to enjoy this one as much as i did. 

fantastic sequel, the themes in here were much more interesting to me than those of book one (probably why i liked it better) and i could definitely tell Sanderson’s writing got much better here, especially when it comes to writing his characters, even if i do wish we got to see more of some characters who were basically neglected (Clubs, DOX???). 

i love love love the politics and the whole mystery revolving around the mists and the well of ascension was really engaging, this world is so so interesting. and that ENDING. cannot wait to read the sequel!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Classism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Death of parent, Slavery, and Sexism