Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

302 reviews

lcampos33's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War

tinika's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nesta's Story, and in the end, I loved it.

This one took some time to get going, more like the first one did, but the journey of growth for this character was a long one, and to rush that would have been to rush everyone else around her as well, which would have severely distracted from the enjoyability of this book.  And with having already established the other characters, there was something to distract from how slowly this plot moved along (a testament to real life's pace).

  In the end, I enjoyed this one a lot, I was glad I chose to read it

after how I felt about ACOWAR

, and I can see myself coming back to it as a re-read some day. For now, I am glad to have a break from the ACOTAR series.

It is definitely a lot to take in all at once

(I read all 5 books in 4 months), and if there is another book in the works, I will be excited to pre-order it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent

lakagraves's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not a perfect five because it dragged at times and could be overly preachy. Some of the themes of growth were a little too on the nose, with character reflections that came off as corny rather than meaningful and impactful.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

kaliecameron's review against another edition

4.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

fortyreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book took Nesta from my least favorite character to my #2, because Cass is still #1. If we ever get a story for Az I would pre order so fast, I need so much more from him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, War

Moderate: Rape

emilyre's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Rape

odd_garage's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

5.0

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

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nesta is such a complicated character and getting to hear her story has got to be my favourite part of the series. Her character development through grief and fest and hardship is divine, and the way her story is written is so realistic, despite it being completely fantastical as a whole. I love all of the main characters in this series so very much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, War

pkreads2024's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Loved the character development of this book!

It was great to see the POV's of Cassian and Nesta. At first I was skeptical given how good the last four were, but of course it ended up being awesome like the rest of SJM's books! The size of it is intimating, and it does take longer to read, but is such a great story, and can't wait for the next ACOTAR for the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts

Most of the content warnings are from previous books, and are told in past tense.

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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, Sexual content, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent