Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

13 reviews

charliebites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Gaslighting

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

kirbylover16's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

This is better than the first book. I still love the world. I thought the romance was better handled and there's more than just the Vin/El. Kelsior is gone and logbook entries are better integrated into the story. Sazed is firmly my favorite character. I hope we get to visit his home. The new characters are great too. Dogs are always a plus. 

There are a few twists I figured out but was still were satisfying and others that completely surprised me.

The brother twist and Zane betraying everyone I figured out. I like the triangle romance but wish it was bigger. I like the idea of Mistborn trying to fit in but falling. I wish El learned about Zane and his other half-siblings before they all died. Because El barely reacted to their existence.
 

This book still suffers from being too PG there are no kisses or even fade to black.

Image if Zane tried to kiss Vin! Or Vin/El's wedding night.

El is pretty boring. He does grow and it's better than the first book but he's still lacking depth.
I'm a little concerned with the direction of the government. The message comes off as democracy will fail. I hope they try to set up another democracy instead of staying as an empire.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Classism

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

tilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I am unsure if I have ever experienced a book like this one, where with every new chapter a new information is dropped that almost always completely twists one of the many exciting narratives. From the first page on, I was surprised and as it kept going I could not fathom all the plottwists coming. And none of them seemed over the top nor misplaced, as the world, its history and its characters, whom I am attached to deeply now, are so well construed that it read so fluently.
Not to mention, the amazing and captivating writing style!
Due to the ending, I am both extremely curious and mortified to find out what is waiting in Book Three.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism and Sexism

Mentions genital mutilation

teyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Rape, Stalking, and Colonisation

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

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

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

zeppelinnyx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

3.93

This book is a really good example of how good reveals and plot twists hit when they’re delivered effectively. It doesn’t feel like anything comes out of nowhere, and the result leaves the reader feeling surprised but satisfied. Also, really fantastic characters. They all feel very deep and real. It’s a pretty gloomy book, though. Leaves off on hella sad vibes; I don’t expect that to change given the series track record. This makes me feel apprehensive about the final installment. 

Quality of Writing: 9/10
Pacing: 7/10
Plot Development: 8/10
Characters: 10/10
Enjoyability: 7/10
Ease of Reading: 5/10
Ending: 9/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

iono'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Grief, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment