Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

22 reviews

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

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What an emotional and fitting end to an epic fantasy series. TOG was my first high fantasy series so I didn’t know much of what to expect but I am so glad I undertook this adventure. I became so attached to Aelin and her band of heroes throughout the eight books. Though this final installment is almost 1,000 pages, they seemed to fly by as we jumped from battle to battle, from one part of the kingdom to another in massive clashes of good versus evil. At every moment I was surprised and intrigued. This book really beautifully brings back plots and characters that Maas expertly introduces books earlier - I was so impressed when something came up that I remembered from an earlier piece of the story and think that it’s the hallmark of a great writer to be able to make these sorts of callbacks. This book had some truly heartbreaking moments that were befitting of the finale of such an intense series but each one felt meaningful and instrumental to the storyline. I definitely found myself tearing up quite a bit at times and thought the overall arc of this novel was beautifully done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

austinisweird's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

ruthannejoy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

readwithde's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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: Complicated

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I am stunned and amazed at how beautifully this epic story ended. I have no words.

My only tiny complaint

is the deus ex machina at the end with the Wolf Tribe. Just the tiniedt bit more information, like proof of their existence, would have made the victory feel earned.

I absolutely love this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abandonment

caelfind's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Genocide

livinlavidalo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Ugh I am so glad I finally jumped into this book. I am obsessed, while this book ripped my heart out it was like reading about old friends. I will never recover from this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

bedwellbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

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This was an amazing end to a brilliant series. I am in awe of the world that Sarah J Maas has created and the characters that have stolen my heart. I cried reading the ending because Aelin was a character that I came to know and love. After reading through all of her heartbreaking experiences, finally seeing the end is bittersweet. The ending was much better than anticipated and I cannot wait to read Sarah’s new book in January! Sad that the throne of glass series is over but it will forever be one of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

4.0

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

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love this series. I feel like the end of the plot was a bit rushed and the characters got stagnant towards the end, but that’s not the most terrible thing! It was very intense and enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

nerdkitten's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical trauma

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Deportation