Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

116 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

What a great finale. I don’t have much to say. I cried. I laughed. I was STRESSED it was emotional and inspiring. I loved the characters, their growth throughout, and the way they tackle their problems. I love the thirteen. Yrene is amazing and all of the women throughout this story are badass.

I did feel like there were a few moments where the story dragged but not enough to take away from the general impact of the story.  So many amazing moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Torture, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death

huddle_dragon's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and War

ruthannejoy's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

infjkiki's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

readwithde's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Death, War, and Gaslighting

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

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

kotareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? No

4.25

This book made me weep hysterically, made me squeal, made me annoyed, angry, nervous, and happy. There were definitely parts where I feel Maas could’ve written better or more, and she sticks to the ‘make it seem hopeless then reveal Aelin had a secret plan all along’ thing she’s done the entire series. At least she lets people help her this time. The twist at the end was a bit surprising. Some characters were lost, and while I was devastated about them, I knew we wouldn’t get through the massive war unscathed. Pretty cheesy who DID make it through, though. 
Maas kept throwing me off by how often she talked about how this entire series went on in less than ONE YEAR. It didn’t feel like it to me, but that’s just me. So. You know. 
Still, I loved it. I wish we got more Elorcan and Dorian/Manon, and less of less important characters, but that’s alright. There was some great character development.  The pacing dipped every so often but in general it stayed pretty solid. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Death, and War

thamual's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i feel like i have been on a life-changing journey with Alien and her court. i feel as if i was a member of The Fellowship and just witnessed the end of Sauron once and for all. but i didnt. i witnessed Aelin Galathynius be unafraid in the face of certain death. i witnessed characters i have grown to love, fight and die and give their all for their world. and it was beautiful, and heartbreaking, and sometimes, a little funny. SJM, this 

was a masterful ending. thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Murder, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Confinement, and Animal death

jesserae17's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

This was a great conclusion to a wonderfully epic series. My only complaint is the battle scenes started drag a bit towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Confinement

aspentree13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was a beautiful way to rip my heart out & bandage it back up! This book was truly amazing & a great way to end the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, War, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery and Blood

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This was the perfect ending to the 8 book series. All of the plot lines finally converging, the battles, it was all done so well. Highly recommend doing the tandem before this. It felt like it trickled into this perfectly. 

I spent so much of the end crying, but the worst deaths for me were the thirteen. Their sacrifice had me sobbing for an hour. The character growth for all of the characters was such a fun thing to read.

I’m truly sad the series is over but the happy ending was worth it. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death