Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

18 reviews

rookangas'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Physical abuse

dnpatterson2's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Alcohol

who_knew's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Now, for the record, a 4 star rating on a 1100 page book is a lot higher than a 4 star rating on a 300 page one, but yeah. It was good! It... I don't have much of a takeaway from this one.
I could have put this book down at a lot of points and really struggled to pick it back up again, so I'm glad I had the time to push through and binge a lot of it. It was a really good way to spend the time...

I think I've started taking Sanderson for granted after reading so much so quickly. I'm starting to have an eye for what he does wrong and am getting a bit desensitized to what he does right.

He's a master of multi POV. It's always interesting, the new perspectives being brought to each chapter.
He's not great at emotional impact. I didn't care when

Jasnah died

nor when

we found out she wasn't dead after all

.

Syl died and came back. Moash betrayed Kaladin. The dumb foreign king (Taravangian?) is... a lot, I guess.

. There's so much going on, and it's all so conceptually interesting, but the delivery on these Big Huge Moments feels underwhelming each time.
His world building is awesome. The world feels big and overwhelming in the best possible way. It feels silly but somehow still tangible and real.
I think I've been reading too much romance lately. Fantasy writers largely DON'T ever learn to build and break tension the same way as a person who can make you feel fully immersed and invested in just... whether two people kiss. But man, if someone could bring that energy to the fall of an empire like Sanderson's, it'd be a hell of a book.

I guess my takeaway overall is that you have to read this book because it's truly interesting, not necessarily because it makes you Care.

This was still a hell of a book.
I'll read the next one. It'll be great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

soyabeanos's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aseel_reads'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

4.25

Things are happening !! Mwahaha 😂 the reason this doesn't get 4.5 stars is because things only picked up in the last 30% and I wish there had been a bit more plot earlier in the 1000+ page book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sab7800's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

lesbianism_is_awesome'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

iono'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

nebulasaurus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and War