Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

130 reviews

smutslut26's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, War

Minor: Death of parent

infjkiki's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

karynrl's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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: Complicated

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WOW! just wow!
This one made me cry more times than I can count. All the different storylines were so perfectly spread out, and I thought that they came together at just the right time(even if in my heart i wanted the couples to already have their happily ever after). It was a really long book, but it surprisingly went a lot faster than what I anticipated. Its hard to pick a favorite character because the series has so many great ones, but seeing Elide and Lorcan and the growth they went through UGH IM GONNA CRY AGAIN! I never really liked Chaol but SJM did such a great job developing everyone that I did not hate him in this book. I wish I could have seen more of Manon, but I understand she was not a MC. All in all, the series is LONG AS HELL! BUT so so worth it. I remember being skeptical at first when people recommended I read 8! books, but now being on this side, I totally understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture

Minor: Slavery, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

smithabbyg's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy

jenniee_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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: Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit

maryp20's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional 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 don’t know what to say, my heart was shattered and put back together again over and over again. I’m in love with this series and these characters and I’m sad that it’s over. As always we see phenomenal growth and development from every character throughout the story. There was always something happening with multiple different sub plots and quests to aid in the overall story. This was the absolute perfect culmination of our characters and story to round out this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

mcpopish's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense 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: Complicated

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I put this book off for a while, too scared of what I thought would happen to take the plunge. I’m a little sad I waited so long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit

louisamac's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Pregnancy

chay_king's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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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The 10 different POVs made it feel a bit chaotic and the build-up was a bit too slow.  Some of the character POVs were redundant and repetitive to the point where I wanted to skip their chapters. HOWEVER,  once it got good,  IT GOT GOOD! Expect a lot of emotions and twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Death of parent, War