Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

142 reviews

havenotreadinyears's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, War

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Medical content

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

amandatory13's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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This is a reread for me. It was good and I like that we got a lot of “epilogue” ( I know they are actual chapters but it felt like an epilogue). However this book was too long. I don’t mind reading a long book and I know it was hard for SJM to wrap up a series she spent like a decade or longer on, but we could have cut like a quarter of this. I dont really like military history, I don’t care about flanks and maneuvers, so that was a drain to read. I feel like the timeline was questionable at certain points between the separate groups.

The Wolf tribe and lost fae portaling in at the end was Avengers Endgame in a bad way and we’re supposed to believe that the cadre were carefully drawing wyrdmarks in the midst of battle and they didn’t get trampled/kicked away by other soldiers????

And why didn’t Elide say sorry???

I know she saved Lorcan’s life but she still should have said sorry for telling him she hoped he died

Lastly the

nameless thing with the King of Adarlan was stupid. He could help close the lock by being blood related to Brannon. If Dorian could do it, so could the king. We didn’t need a rigmarole about “he took my name.” It’s a cool reveal bc we didn’t realize it but it was ridiculous to the plot line  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy

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

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

abigailchenoa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, War

littlecornerb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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I finished it and just sat holding it.
Just.So.Good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

dragonaion's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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

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A brilliant conclusion of a modern epic worthy of every note of appreciation, gratitude, and joy. Not just for the story, the characters, but for the visible and tangible expressions of love, grief, depression, anguish, rage, and all things human. 
I want to send a bouquet of flowers as thanks for the brilliant work she has graced us readers with and as acknowledgement of her understanding of grief and growth. As we read, so we hear too where she has been- and grown from. So too shall we. Thank you, Sarah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism

This is the culmination of armies gathering and the hardships of war. It also describes the death and disownment the gods and goddesses worshipped in the world.

heytaytayhey's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much. I loved it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, War

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

katiekeske's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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This was torturous for me to read. Did not need to be so long and drawn out. I'm glad I'm finally done with this series. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy