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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

28 reviews

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

I loved this book so much! I know I said Elantris is now my favourite Brandon Sanderson novel, but this comes in as a very close second! The more I think about it, the more I love it! I really hope we get additional books! The characters are great! I had such a blast speeding through this book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mahra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

4.75 ⭐️

That was incredible! The magic system, the characters, the humor, the themes, the worldbuilding in general… I loved it.

However, a few words and expressions used felt out of place, which took me out of the story. And I wish the ending was not so rushed.

This book was my introduction to the Cosmere. I will definitely read more. :)

PS: Lightsong was hilarious! He's my favorite. I'm still thinking about him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

insomniacsun'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Iniziato per l'esplorazione del rapporto fra sorelle, rimasta per Lightsong.

Solo lui poteva farmi impazzire con millemila teorie sulla sua identità, per poi deludermi completamente e nemmeno 2 minuti dopo farmi singhiozzare. Tivibi lightsong mi mancherai fortissimo.

 

Vivenna e Siri mi hanno fatto ammattire singolarmente, con le loro crisi esistenziali, ma Sanderson mi ha fatto ammattire ancora di più quando mi ha dato una scena con un abbraccio striminzito per quello che a parer mio doveva essere uno dei momenti clue della storia: Siri e Vivenna riunite. Sono tutt'ora molto perplessa sulla mancanza di dialogo rilevante tra le due.

Applausi per il sistema magico, molto semplice ma intrigante allo stesso tempo. Devo dire che è stato molto frustrante non ricevere informazioni concrete a riguardo fino a metà storia inoltrata, ma è stato decisamente appagante alla fine.

Vasher, Vasher, Vasher... unico motivo per cui mi dispiace che warbreaker sia uno stand-alone. Confido in una qualche novella per rivederti. 

Ancora una volta mi ritrovo confusa dalla dicotomia dell'autore con i personaggi femminili.
Sanderson con Vivenna: uno dei migliori archi narrativi per quanto riguarda l'evoluzione del personaggio
Sanderson con Blushweaver: she breasted boobily 
NON CAPISCOOO LE SKILLS LE HAI PERCHÈ MI CROLLI COSÌ. 
Capisco che è un personaggio il cui fronte si basa sull'usare il suo corpo per manipolare la gente attorno a sè, ma la cosa era stata già ben stabilita all'inizio. Era davvero necessario descrivere il suo seno a ogni sua comparsa? Non penso proprio. 

Detto questo, continuerò imperterrita la mia esplorazione del cosmere. Prossima tappa: Elantris. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gore, Rape, Torture, Vomit, and Trafficking

ashybear02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Kidnapping

lebolt's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

I'll admit this book gets off to a rocky start, and has some other rocky moments, but the typical Sanderson ingenuitiy in the magic system, as well as a cast of genuinely likeable characters, keeps enough momentup to get to the good stuff. And the good stuff is great! One of the most satisfying stories I've read by Sanderson - and all in a relatively short volume! Definitely worth a read even if you havent read any of his other work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Vomit and War

Minor: Animal cruelty and Rape

No spoilers: This book is pretty brutal despite its lighthearted tone. Female characters are repeatedly and forcefully stripped and/or viewed naked by others. One of these characters is a teenager. Kidnapping, torture, and contemplation thereof are recurring themes and are used frequently as plot devices. Body horror for zombie creatures is recurring. Aftermath of torture of animals is shown. Forced marriage, as well as related and unrelated sexual violence, is discussed repeatedly as a threat to female characters. Poverty and starvation are vivdly described.

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Grief, and Gaslighting

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

jswecu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

slayed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Pregnancy

genny's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

My first Sanderson! Is this classified as adult fantasy? Because it feels very YA to me, and I don't mean that in a bad way. Maybe it's just his writing style - this ultimately felt like an easy, "light" read despite the length. Sometimes it was a little too unsubtle, particularly in Vivenna's chapters where she flat-out tells the reader how she has changed as a character. It felt like the author didn't trust the readers to figure these things out on their own. Vivenna still ended up as my favorite character, the writing just took me out of the story sometimes.

Although I found Lightsong very tiring at first (obviously that was intentional, but still, I winced when his POV came up), I grew to really like his character by the end. Nightblood though?! What an annoying sword 😩 I understand it's for comedic relief, but I found its little quips corny most of the time. I could feel my eye twitching like a cartoon character's every time it "spoke". Siri and Susebron were very sweet.

It was odd at first because Susebron is at least 50 years old, yet very childlike in some ways. I couldn't decide if he was too old or too young (mentally) for Siri 😅 They quickly felt like equals though. In other news, does Siri not know about withdrawal? The calendar method? 💀

The plot twist halfway through...man, I was bamboozled. I felt betrayed. Sanderson got me there. He got me good.

The whole point of the story was to subvert expectations, and I still got tricked. I realized that Denth was a deeper, more important character than I first thought, but I didn't suspect he was a VILLAIN! Heck, I thought he was a potential love interest for Vivenna. Man. Of course, there's another plot twist, that regarding Pahn Kahl, which was logical but didn't make as much of an impact on me. The statues turning out to be Kalad's Phantoms was very obvious.

I didn't realize there was an appendix until I finished the story. I have to admit...I couldn't be bothered to read it, or to care much about all the rules regarding Breath. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I enjoyed my time with this, I simply wasn't as amazed as I thought I'd be considering how popular Sanderson is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol