Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

8 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

The overall world building by this book was fantastic and the way it ended was so brilliant. Honestly the only reason this doesn't get 5 stars, is the length, some parts could be shorter 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, War, Death of parent, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

iono's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Suicide, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse, Ableism, Child death, and Slavery

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Confinement, Torture, and Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

 Content Warnings: Gore, Body horror, Blood, Death, Murder, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Violence, War, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Classism, Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Child abuse, Racism, Slavery, Mental illness, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt


Finally got the courage to read this book so I could say I read the entire Mistborn trilogy…and wow what a journey! From the start, of the series, I connected to and loved Vin and with this conclusion, I'm just in awe of the person she grew into. From a skittish street kid who thought trusting others was stupid...to a selfless and loving role model.

This trilogy only takes place over a few short years but the amount of character growth, from all the characters, is fantastic and had me cheering for them every step of the way.

Overall a fantastic and epic fantasy that I highly recommend giving a go, if you haven't already. 💜 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Child abuse, Confinement, Ableism, Animal death, Genocide, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

anelya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Slavery

oldladysadie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

A masterpiece, and a beautiful ending to the Era 1 Trilogy. I found myself constantly flitting between being swept up in the narrative, and pulling back to marvel at the whole tapestry of the series as more and more mysteries became clear. I’ll be rereading this series for years to come, I’m sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, War, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Confinement, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Child abuse, Child death, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Death

elrize's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

  Just such an amazing story with so many twists. It was quite a wild ride! 

Spoiler

There's a lot to talk about but I want to mention how much I enjoyed Vin and Elend's relationship. I was anticipating that something horrible is going to happen with Elend or through him, but it didn't. Their relationship was a really nice depiction of a strong bond without the conflict between them becoming some main focus. Rather, it felt like a realistic depiction of what it feels to love someone. Sometimes you disagree, but you don't stop trusting. It was refreshing, since most books feel like they have to make the characters immature and over-emotional when it comes to their romantic relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Torture, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, and Emotional abuse

v171's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

What an exciting end to an enjoyable series! This was emotional, intriguing, tense, exhilarating, and reflective. There was a lot to tie up in this book, and I found it surprising that Sanderson did it so well while also introducing new storylines and tying those up as well! It really speaks to his command of writing and storytelling. 

As I generally say with Sanderson books, many of my past criticisms hold true. I felt that is was pointlessly long, and the excessive exposition was particularly noticeable in this book compared to the others. The pacing was fairly touch and go, though I commend Sanderson for getting to the action slightly sooner than the final 80 pages of a 400+ page book *cough cough* *Stormlight* *cough* *and also the first two Mistborn books too*.... The world building was great as expected, and I really liked how most of the characters (new and old) completed their character arcs. 

All in all, this was a fun trilogy to read! I definitely think this was my favorite one of the three, which is saying a lot considering the monumental task of wrapping up such a large story, but he did it again! Onto the next one. Now if only I could read his books as fast as he writes them... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts