Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

42 reviews

laurengeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, and War

Minor: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shamaramill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, and Suicide

astralfaery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• 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

4.75

this book was overall a bit slower than The Final Empire, but it wasn’t bad by any means, and i can’t wait to read Hero of Ages!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

emsavors's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bel017's review against another edition

The casual sexism is exhausting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Stalking, and War

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

knerys's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Rape

skltnq33n's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

READ. THIS. BOOK. NOW

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Addiction and Rape

blythemind's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tgaddie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail