Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Un Palais de flammes d'argent by Sarah J. Maas

69 reviews

acamrani's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexual content, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: War and Xenophobia

focuses on character development of nesta!

christinwynne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and War

kskye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexism, Rape, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, War, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Blood

vedpears's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Alcohol, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism and Injury/Injury detail

_ac28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

javafenn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The actual story was fantastic! Figuring out where everyone was headed in terms of tensions still being high 2 years after the war that nearly killed them all. I loved seeing Nesta grow and having Cassian being of more importance was nice. The will they won’t they was also so great to read. My only issue was the sex scenes. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for spicy scenes in books. Love them and they can add to the story. This book had way too many and I really got tired of reading about Nesta’s large, lucious breasts on her tiny, under nourished body, and her tight, soaking wet “center” plus the descriptions of Cassions monster member was repetitive and felt lazy. We get it, she has a very small and tight vagina and he has a massive cock. It felt like these scenes were written by a man and that’s precisely why I don’t read any fantasy or sci-fi written by men. It just didn’t feel sexy or creative. The book could have lost 400 pages if the sex scenes were cut down and made more creative. The actual adventure of the book was amazing so hopefully the next book is better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic relationship

svjak's review against another edition

4.0

Nesta you bad bitch, I'm so fucking proud.

ACOSF was a huuuuge improvement over ACOMAF. There was tons of chemistry and I've been begging for Cas and Nesta to pull their heads out of their asses and finally kiss. This book gave so much of that and more.

Got to see a new side of Nesta that wasn't just kitty claws. ACOSF brought out a lot of clarity in why she's such a bitch all the time and really showed that some coping mechanisms aren't always healthy or the best for maintaining relationships with the people you love. Sometimes you get so comfy in your shell and pushing people away that you forget what it's like to let someone in and let them see the real you. Nesta had a lot of character development in this book and it felt so long overdue. It was good to see her working on herself and coming out stronger on the other side.

On the other hand, Maas irrevocably destroyed Rhys in this book. There is no chance for redemption. She tried to play it off as all cool, but

lying to your partner, excuse me, "mate," about her IMMINENT, CERTAIN DEATH while giving birth to your child??? Absolutely f*cking not. You're dismissed.

For the life of me I can't understand why Maas does this to her characters, because it's not even like it's the intentional undoing of a character that makes you feel bittersweet rage as they turn to the dark side. She's just turning them into unredeemable twats for no reason and it's so unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

sarahfr1end's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence