Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Ритъмът на войната by Brandon Sanderson, Брандън Сандерсън

18 reviews

emilyplun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The Stormlight Archives are my favorite of Brandon Sanderson's works. Re-reading the first three books and the novellas in the latter half of 2020 and then picking up RoW now, although I have some regrets (CLIFFHANGER!!!) really allowed me to see BSands' progression as an author. The CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. The MENTAL ILLNESS REP. The (improving) DISABILITY REP (we still have some work to do here). The COSMERE TIE-INS. I weep. And while this book was so very, very long, I did not begrudge him one single line. Especially those last 100 pages. Phew. I need a nap. 1 million points for Gryffinpuff. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Slavery and Forced institutionalization

yunziyinz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

these novels are in part about decolonization from the perspective of the colonizer (a war-focused hierarchical society). i’m still sitting with that. in book four of a series with 1,000+ pages per book we finally get some dedicated character development for the original inhabitants of the planet. sanderson’s world building and thinking about magic and power and violence are all interesting, and the books are good for something distant to immerse one’s self in for a long time if that is what one needs. i also find them dull at times and soooo much time is spent on the mindsets (and deconstruction of the ideology) of the ruling class—it’s good to show a bad world breaking down but sometimes I just don’t want to spend so much time immersed in the bad world. lots of discussion of mental illness/mental health including dissociative disorders, ptsd, depression, but I thought all of that was handled pretty well. good stuff on relationship/coalition building across difference and recognizing/accepting failure and trying again anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization

noelanig's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization

gheron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

zngzag's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug abuse, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia

idksamiguess's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Forced institutionalization