Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

280 reviews

katie_cope's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Alcohol

esme_may's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, War

Minor: Alcoholism

sicemsinger's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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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An honest confession: this series has never truly impressed me before now. But this book has blown all the others out of the water. SJM has shown remarkable growth as an author and storyteller in this latest volume, telling not so much a story about exterior conflict as the others have done, but much more difficult and nuanced story about internal growth. The themes of depression, PTSD, trust, and healing show a story that was more interesting and relatable than all the other books combined. Nesta is a complex and powerful character who comes face to face with her own demons and finds her way to healing with other female friends at her side. I think the development of those friendships is something I liked most about this story, demonstrating the power and importance of women supporting women. I look forward to the next book now with this new, stronger family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture

Minor: Alcohol

pawprintedpages's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture

missdragon's review against another edition

1.75

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Read this more for completion sake of the series. While Nesta is a better character than Feyre (more personality, and more character growth), this was also my least enjoyed books of the entire series. Firstly the weakest element of these books is the spice and this had too much. Secondly really disliked the pregnancy subplot, and I don't know why it was even in the book to be honest. It really really really felt like a made up issue, because I could think of a few in-universe ways of fixing it that had to be solved with "oh but we can't do that for some? reason?" and the actual climax of that plot felt like a deus ex machina. I wish this was only about Nesta and the author hadn't written in Feyre changing her mind and deciding to get pregnant at all (I believe this is because the author had a kid). This would have allowed more time for the climax of Nesta's story which felt rushed to me. Finally, the scenes of sword fighting training were wrong. I did like the female friendships in this, it was more fleshed out than the other friendships in the other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence

Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Torture

miggyfool's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

maddielags's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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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I went into this book thinking “how can I read a whole book about someone that really winds me up” but as I made my way through it, albeit many eye rolls did occur, I started to see the development and slowly started to love this book. It’s not a slow burn, it’s definitely twisty and turny throughout. There were multiple times I had to stop reading and take a break because it was too much and I wanted to live in my bubble forever 😂 easy 5 stars for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit

vee_nusflytrap's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, War

lakinglaze's review against another edition

4.0

reflective slow-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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The beginning of this book wasn’t for me, but as it progressed, I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

jassari's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy