Reviews tagging 'Death'

Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan

6 reviews

verinvaldez's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

iloponis's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

tore through this one. rad. cant wait for more mat and tuon 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.0

Alright, this book did drag somewhat even more than the previous ones, especially in the middle while also having much less action than usual overall. But if you are like me who loves this world and doesn't really hate the characters so much that you don't want to read about them at all, which I know is probably asking for a lot as most of them can be wool-headed idiots, I still found it interesting enough. But then again, I'm definitely biased and have become too used to Jordan's vivid descriptions about people's appearance or the architecture in general. I found Path of Daggers to be more captivating and solid comparatively, but Winter's heart does have its moments, especially the amazing ending which is on par with Lord of Chaos for me. Regardless of how slow it has gotten so far, I'm leaning towards the 'there is no slog!' camp while bracing myself to read Crossroads of Twilight, which is supposedly the slowest one in the series so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement

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

3.75

My favorite character is back!!! That already makes this book way better. I feel like a lot happened and yet nothing happened at the same time? Thank goodness for apps that help you keep track of characters though, they pop up again from nowhere and it’s helpful to have a record of them, especially when they haven’t been around for 3 books. I’ve realized the audiobooks make this whole “slog” portion of the series much easier to get through and I’m actually enjoying them a lot more than I think I would be reading the physical copies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Slavery, and Violence

123erty456's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, Slavery, War, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual content, and Confinement

Minor: Torture, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Alcohol

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

3.75

On first read in 2016: 5 stars. My favorite of the WoT series thus far!

On 2023 reread: 3.75 stars

Style/writing: 3 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 4 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Confinement