Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

28 reviews

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.0

Took a bit to get invested, but once I was, it became a much easier read. Definitely the horniest Sanderson I've read to date, which was odd in places, but it could've been worse. I understand why people want a sequel to this one.

Also how the heck did Nightblood get on another planet

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual content

Minor: Religious bigotry

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I don't really know how I feel about this one...  The world building was, as usual for the author, impeccable and the magic system compelling, if a little confusing.  It was more predictable than I would expect a political intrigue ridden book to be and the romance sub plot(s) were kind of uncomfortable and cringe inducing.  There were times I was really enjoying it, but I think the overall take away was pretty mid.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Slavery, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Trafficking

badbadwolf's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Torture, Gore, Grief, War, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Infertility, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

aleyajo's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Giggling and kicking my feet, Brandon you’ve done it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-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

4.25

Sanderson got my cackling aloud in public 🤣 I did not predict any of the twists and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the events of these books relate to the stormlight archive series but I guess I'll see 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Murder, Classism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Rape

abigailfaber'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

Utterly brilliant, such good world building and characters. The magic system was so interesting and well paced in when the reader was given more info. I liked Siri’s plot the best, but all of them were interesting. Not to mention how opaque everyone’s motives were and the mystery of that. I also liked all of Vivianna's inner dialogue about who she had been raised to be and what she had been told to believe. 

Fantasy, Magic System, Multi-POV

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Confinement, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, and Blood

blythemind's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Classism, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, War, Child death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

dorythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, War, and Murder

Minor: Torture

cosmere_considered's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

An incredible stand-alone fantasy book about sisterhood, faith, and self-discovery that takes place in the middle of two countries on the brink of war.  The magic of Divine Breaths permeates the cultures of the land of Nalthis as the Court of Gods discuses the perceived betrayal of their decades-old contract. 
If you’re a Christian and you have an interest in considering your own cultural or religious biases, this book will certainly help you start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder and Rape

Trigger warning spoilers here: no major plot spoilers

Animal Abuse, torture, child neglect/abuse (non-sexual). Several times the book follows POV of a young woman who is married-off to another kingdom’s ruler. She is forcibly stripped and forced to bathe, then examined by a physician to make sure she is “pure” and then several times she enters the bedchambers of her husband and disrobes. There are no sex scenes and no nudity is described explicitly, only hinted at. There is also talk of selling women as prostitues.