Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

28 reviews

haroldtheboogie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shannypoo2's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Grief, Murder, and Classism

chloe_acceber's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I found this one much easier to get into compared to Way of Kings. I adore the primary character of this book and I loved getting more of her backstory. The world building is so incredible and the way literally everything is connected just blows my mind! So well thought out and planned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ciuricirui's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

abby_can_read's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.0

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I really wanted to like this book and I didn't. I struggled with the first book as well. The worldbuilding, the lore, and the magic system are amazing. The characters were good and I thought the relationships were good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

errie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

There were multiple points while reading this book when I was actually screaming out loud, on the edge of my seat, and crying. This is only my second 5 star book of 2024 so far.

Honor is dead... but I'll see what I can do

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Slavery

animal death/cruelty:

A mc's horse dies during war. Besides that all animals are made-up species: there is an animal fighting ring, a zoo visited by characters, and other animals killed.

pensandpicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief

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

jrow's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Another excellent read in The Stormlight Archive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders