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Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

23 reviews

thesuperawesomesarah's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Classism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

Another excellent story, I do wish it was a tad shorter, like maybe 200 pages less, otherwise, very keen to see how the rest of this story unfolds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism

chels_ro's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.25

coming off the back of words of radiance this book definitely falls into a mid series lull. Dalinar’s backstory does not disappoint but his main plot in the book becomes slightly repetitive. while Sanderson is usually very good at balancing character perspectives i found at some points the amount of perspective changes becomes overwhelming and makes other characters,

particularly Kaladin and Adolin,

have less to do this time around. however there are some major highs to level out the story and Sanderson’s mid series lull is still much better than what most people are writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Genocide, and Colonisation

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, and Homophobia

katrinarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think this is my favorite so far in the series. The character development, plot twists, and grand finale were so well done. I didn’t know how I’d like the focus on Dalinar since I enjoyed Kaladin and Shallan’s perspectives more in previous books but his backstory ended up being very compelling. This didn’t make a 5 star rating for me just because the pacing didn’t feel very consistent, there were some exciting parts throughout but a lot that dragged for me, and it took me almost 5 weeks to finish. I wish the drama of the last part was extended a bit into the other parts more. There’s a lot I could say about the individual plots and characters (just a few notes: Lift’s appearance/knowledge was strange and kind of unfounded despite her having a whole novella; Shadesmar was a huge drag) but I’ll leave it at that. Very interested to see where book four goes after that ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

dahud's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dementia, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Slavery and Colonisation

ashlynroy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

I really loved this book. I even sobbed at one part. Shallan really is becoming the most interesting character and I love that for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

blythemind's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

if you have ever had your confidence and sense of self stripped away by a romantic partner get ready because damn

all content relevant to content warnings is handled very respectfully and responsibly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fishfin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation