Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

34 reviews

iono's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, and Medical content

josiah17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

Holy flippin cow. I don't think I like this book more than Words of Radiance, but it's really close.

First off, some of the characterization in this story is the best in all of fiction. Specifically, Dalinar. He may just be the best written character I've ever witnessed.

The historical context received from this book was awesome. Everything about furthering the understanding of Roshar is always enjoyable. The Sanderlanche was also jaw-dropping. It may be my favorite Sanderlanche yet. I had chills for the entirety of those final 120ish pages.

However, I do have two gripes with this book, but neither hold the rating back:
1. The pacing was off a little bit. If that element was better, this book would probably overtake Words of Radiance for me.

2. Shallan's arc was not my favorite, but by no means was it bad. I prefer her characterization in Words of Radiance. I hope it improves in the next book. 

Just a fantastic book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Genocide and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic relationship

laran_s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent

cognitivedisaster's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

theseasoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Murder, and War

malhale's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Colonisation

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

cateoliveirafixe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

very slow paced but it's sooooo worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Murder

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

This is a case of an ultimately very good book being brought down a bit by an ending that I didn't love. To avoid spoilers, I just felt that a lot of things happened that were not properly set up to feel earned. Besides that, however, I loved the character arcs in this book the most of the series so far. We really explored the world more, which is fantastic.

Characters: 9
Plot: 7
Setting: 9
General appeal: 8
Writing style: 8
Originality: 7
Ending: 5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism

mariaeile's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol