Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

70 reviews

kdog02's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

Favorite book from the series so far!!

ursimae's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Classism, Torture, Sexual content, Grief, War, Violence, Sexual harassment, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Self harm, and Suicide

abidoodle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

I liked this book the best of the series. It wasn’t an amazing book, but it was more worth reading to me than the others. While there were definitely some cheesy parts and bad writing, particularly when it came to the romance, there were some really deep themes that ran through this novel. Like the impact of war on peoples lives and the way PTSD affects people and relationships. Or accepting, loving, and forgiving oneself. Or healing from past trauma and abusive relationships. I think those parts made the book worth reading. Maybe I was over analyzing it because I just took a class on War and Peace through literature and I was hyper focusing on those aspects, but I thought it was meaningful to touch on the realities of war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia

tiana_king's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-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? No

4.5

A great wrap up

Truly sad to see this series go. A little Disney towards the end but that’s why we read books, to escape reality. The maturing of the characters and plot, was great and some lingering questions were answered. I came to really like this narrator but it was an adjustment for a bit there. Good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Grief, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Gore, Violence, and Gaslighting

lqne's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and War

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

thefreakinggoon's review

challenging slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual assault

niamhstorme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, War, and Violence

nkmustdie's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Slavery, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

emmie2468's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, War, and Torture

josiee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Stalking, War, Ableism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit