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Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

7 reviews

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I love Shallan. That is all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, and Murder

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

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Murder

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexism

aseaoftomes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

This is my favorite Sanderson book by far. I loved it, which after reading and being disappointed by Way of Kings, was a pleasant surprise (it literally felt like this book was written by a completely different author in a lot of ways). 

Everything about this book was just more solid and tighter in plot and characterization. I definitely connected to the characters a lot more in this book than the previous book. 

This book picks up right where Way of Kings left off and just continues to expand on the world and characters we met in the previous book. I can't really tell you too much about the plot without spoiling parts of the first book, but it's once again full of political intrigue, unique magic and relationships of all kinds. This book does focus a bit more on Shallan as a character though and it was great getting to know more about her and her past. 

The writing of this was so solid and the pacing was good. It flowed better and just was all in all a tighter and well written book. 

The plot was also really good this time. We got to learn a lot more about the Knights Radiant which I loved and I loved getting to see certain interactions between characters and how their stories continued. 

The world building was also really strong in this. That's been a pretty consistent element throughout all of Sanderson's books for me, but I definitely found it particularly well done in this book. The world was just richer and has so many fascinating things about it. I also loved learning more about the magic system as well. 

Finally, the characters. I was definitely able to connect to them better in this. I still love Shallan the most I think, but everyone really grew on me in this book I loved them a lot by the end. Kaladin is the one who ended up surprising me the most. I really didn't connect to him in WoK, but in this book it's like he did a 360. I love him now. I also loved Adolin a lot more as well. The three of them and their interactions were just delightful. I liked Dalinar as well. He's a very interesting character. I'll be interested to see where their storylines go in the next book. 

Overall, I loved this book a lot - everything was expertly written. I'll be interested to continue on to the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexism, and Blood

Minor: Ableism