Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

44 reviews

ikiteahill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Compared to Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight, this book was more enjoyable. There's not quite as much focus on the weird love triangle between Celaena, Chaol, and Dorian. And we learn a lot more about the witches and the fae, so obviously there is a lot more magic in this book.  There are some parts of the story that felt a little like the author was pulling at strings to get the plot to go where she needed it to go. A lot happens in this book and the POV switches between several characters. Usually this bothers me, but perhaps because I listened to the audiobook version, it didn't seem so jarring to switch POV because I was able to move through the story a lot faster than when I read text. The ending leaves you on a cliffhanger wondering what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Genocide

Minor: Drug use and Slavery

grimmbleton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

laura_nel13's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Genocide, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and War

cathkk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

So good but definitely a world building book. Lots of interwoven plots and different POV. Last 150 pages are VERY fast paced and make up for the slow beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, War, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

The gore and death lies somewhere between a middle grade and adult fantasy novel.

apalershadeofwhite's review against another edition

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

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, and Slavery

booksnbrooches's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: War and Colonisation

sierrabowers's review against another edition

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

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

4.0

This was the best book in the Throne of Glass series so far. I didn’t feel very connected to Celaena as a character until this book. After reading, I feel like I understand her more. I am also looking forward to reading the next book, since it left off with such a cliffhanger! I’m still not sure how Manon fits into the story just yet. I feel like all of the witches and parts with Bryaxis was for nothing??? I know it probably fits in later, I just don’t understand how yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Gore, War, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

imds's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, War, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Incest

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and War