A review by sleepysamreads
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Well, it’s 3am and I have a massive headache from sobbing thanks to this book. When I hear someone say that about a book, it always intrigues me. Actually, the whole reason I read this was bc one of my nurses showed me a TikTok montage of her crying bc of The Cosmere. 

Anyway, the first half of this one was suuuuper slow. I wasn’t enjoying it very much, which was seriously disappointing me. Thankfully, it picked up right after that and the action got wild. 

I didn’t expect the end at all! I’m always happy when this happens. So far I’m really loving this universe and I can’t wait to read more!

All that being said, the biggest disappointment for me from this series so far is the lack of complex female representation. Yeah, we have Vin. She’s Awesome! But she’s practically the only female character that doesn’t feel like a plot device. Only other female characters to survive are Beldre and Allrianne, but they feel more like background characters. Very disappointed in that.
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