Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

280 reviews

mailenlovesreading's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

fullybookedlola's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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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After 10 months I've finally found the time to finish this monster of a book. While I've forgotten a lot from the beginning (and I again don't understand why it has taken me so long to finish while I had always taken my book everywhere with me), I know I enjoyed reading it a lot. Cassian being a focus in this book made my heart so happy, and I've gained so much respect for Nesta. While the end wasn't always enjoyable to read, this book did it again to take a place upon that memorable book shelf. It can teach things, and I'm grateful for it. This was a rollercoaster of a ride, but one day I will surely start this story again. I'm so excited what next book will bring!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Abandonment, War

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt

dani_the_noodle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Alcohol

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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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I know this is a lot of people’s favorite of the series but I had such a hard time getting through it. The middle was so slowwwww. With all the others, I felt compelled to read them, basically couldn’t put them down, but this one didn’t do that for me until the last 200-ish pages. I do love the character arc for Nesta but I knew what was revealed about her LONG before they actually said it. I love the badass woman trope in here and the ability for women to take back their lives and ensure they’d never be hurt again. I can’t fathom that this is really the last book though. There’s so much left undone. Elian’s whole life hasn’t been sorted plus there’s potential war on the horizon. I guess you could write these books forever and keep winding around the violence of the different courts until they all no longer existed or until real peace was attained but is that even a real thing? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous emotional slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Death of parent, War

mxallan's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

emilywemily6's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ugh this book felt so long. And while Nesta grows on you in this book, I still really hate her for how caustic she was for 85% of this series. While there is a plot, the focus of this book is Nesta’s growth and her relationship with Cassian. The second half of the book moved faster than the first half since Nesta was no longer insufferable. The story was a little predictable but overall a decent read. I wish there were more details on the three magical objects made by the cauldron, since it definitely took a back seat to Nesta’s inner turmoil. The climax of the story felt a bit rushed too, with an easy out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Gaslighting, Alcohol

kaylay1216's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

emck_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

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