caskraft'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: Slavery, Violence, Grief, Body horror, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Murder, and Torture
Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, Child death, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
risaleel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Slavery, War, Violence, Classism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, and Trafficking
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
louisallama's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I did enjoy the ending, I thought it was a rather satisfying conclusion. I'm not sure Brandon Sanderson is the author for me though, because I personally find his writing very 'telling rather than showing' and while I don't always need a lot of flowery descriptions and deep character introspection, again, 640 pages is a lot to just be told what is happening. If you like books where you just turn your brain off and have the story happen at you, then you'll like this book.
And while I definitely didn't predict all of the plot twists, the one about
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the Lord Ruler not being the one who wrote the logbookAlso the extreme amount of parallels between
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this book and Brandon Sanderson's own SteelheartSpoiler
At the end it felt like I'd just read the same book in a different font.Moderate: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Abandonment, Classism, Genocide, and Slavery
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Murder, War, and Death of parent
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a man who is 4-5 years older than her and is a member of the class that oppresses herimskylow's review
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Racism
Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Rape
a_libraryghost'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
4.25
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Vin having the ability to take out the lord ruler by herself felt a bit unearned and unbelievableGraphic: Classism and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Slavery
Minor: Rape and Death of parent
hapalyn'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: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and War
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
isitcertain'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
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Gore, War, Blood, and Child abuse
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape
nataliebootlah's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: War, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Grief and Slavery
meowster18's review
- 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
The plot and character development is well crafted and beautifully blended. A beautiful found family story. The magic system is fantastic and simple. I strongly recommend.
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, War, Death, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Body horror
fin_pilot's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, Slavery, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, and Classism
Minor: Sexual assault