Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

23 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

Brandon Sanderson ended this one with a bang! Literally. I am bawling my eyes out because of how good it was but also the tragedy of it! I don’t want to say too much cause I don’t want to spoil it. I’ll only say one thing DON’T FLIP THROUGH PAGES YOU WILL SPOIL AND DIE! It’s just a fact. 

Onto critiques; I’ve never liked how much Sanderson used the word awesome and this one is no different. It also started out pretty slow, but it picks up and goes so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Grief, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, War, Animal death, Confinement, and Alcohol

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Cannibalism

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Violence, Death, War, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

lakinglaze's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

This book was a wild ride and I was here for it! I loved the story and how dramatic and chaotic it was. I’ve really grown to love these characters and this ending was a roller coaster that really fit the tone of the series. I can’t wait to continue my Cosmere adventure! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Medical content, Mental illness, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I did it. I finished Mistborn. And in the end, it's a mixed bag that highlights the best and worst parts of the series. The last one-hundred pages are cool, but before that? I found it a real slog - 600 pages of it. Things just take a long time to pick up because we spend a LOT of time with the main characters (What if I told you that one of them is imprisoned for 2/3rds of the book and we're waiting for them to break out the whole time?). And that wouldn't at all be a problem, except that there are just bits of tonal shifts in each new book. During each entry in the series, it seems like Sanderson thought 'I feel like putting a lot of narrative focus on this character' even though we didn't get much of them before. In particular I had a problem with the two main characters, one smart and one strong: one of them gets a sort of 'powerup', to the point where now they're both strong, somewhat casting away the dynamic of them looking at situations differently. So a lot of little instances of those sudden character shifts make the book feel disjointed and unplanned. And yet, the series definitely has many through lines; but I think perhaps that Sanderson started out with a big outline, and decided where he wanted to start and end. So oftentimes there are character arcs that appear or shift radically to help us get from point A to B. However, if you've been enjoying the series for the first two books, I can guarantee that the resolution will leave you fully satisfied. 7/10.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, War, Child death, Confinement, and Genocide

Minor: Suicide

giulianalb99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5⭐️ y ♾️

No puedo expresar con palabras lo que acabo de leer, estoy flipando. 
Desde que descubrí a Sanderson en noviembre del año pasado, me puse como objetivo leer todos sus libros y, cómo no, compré el primer tomo de la saga “El Imperio Final” que no sólo me encantó, sino que me marcó de una manera indescriptible. Después leí el segundo libro y también obviamente me encantó ¿pero este? Estoy sin palabras. Creo que es el libro más denso y complicado de los tres pero me ha atrapado y me lo he leído en cuatro días, cosa que nunca hago porque es un libro de casi 800 páginas y me suele llevar más tiempo. 
Los personajes siempre los voy a llevar en mi corazón. Sazed, Kelsier y Vin me han marcado de por vida y sólo puedo darle las gracias a este magnífico escritor por abrirme las puertas a su increíble universo llamado Cosmere y no puedo esperar más a seguir leyendo los otros libros. 
Sigo sin entender cómo una persona puede tener tan magnífica imaginación y plasmarlo en unos libros TAN buenos. Cada libro que leo suyo me gusta más y más y me declaro fan incondicional de Brandon Sanderson con todas las putas letras. 
Me duele mucho despedirme de estos personajes tan queridos pero siempre los llevaré conmigo. No voy a mentir: he llorado con el final, pero me he quedado completa, no sabría ni cómo lo explicarlo.
Y ¿qué más puedo decir? Esta saga de fantasía es increíble y se la recomiendo a todo el mundo, pero he de decir que es bastante densa así que no la escogería como la primera saga para leer si te estás introduciendo en la fantasía. 
Todo en este libro ha sido perfecto, no tengo ninguna pega. Menuda puta locura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Ableism

xta_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A story of lost and then found hope and faith.

Possibly one of the best endings to a trilogy that I have ever read. The stakes felt real, and the last bit of the story was simply beautiful to read. What a treasure to read a fantasy novel were everything was wrapped up in a nice little bow with no loose ends. 

While I enjoyed this book mostly for it's phenomenal ending, the Sazed chapters were sometimes hard to read as he is dealing with his depression. Thankfully, the Spook and TenSoon chapters peppered in kept me going. I would have loved to read more about TenSoon, but I think his story was best told in bits.

Over-all I'm super glad I stuck with the Mistborn series after not really liking the "Well of Ascension" very much. This made it all worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Body horror

ijustreallyliketrees'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Probably my least favourite of the trilogy but still enjoyed it. VERY slow until about 80% of the way in, feel like it could have been pared down a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

destiny_jay's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Abandonment, Slavery, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

summerellsworth98's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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 absolutely loved it! It was perfect in every way

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Content Warnings

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

vahala's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Confinement