Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

8 reviews

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Even on the second read, I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Sexual assault, Grief, Body horror, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Confinement, Pregnancy, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Child death

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Death, Body horror, Slavery, and Rape

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.75

Continues the strong character development and worldbuilding that Maas delivered in Heir of Fire, with some satisfying plot twists and emotional breakthroughs for various characters. 

This is also the first book that starts to get properly horny.

Many of the descriptions  are starting to become repetitive - there are only so many times that I can read that someone was "covered in black blood" or had "eyes lined with silver" (just say they're filled with tears jfc). Also the way that Maas describes territorial Fae males is already exhausting, and the lack of nuance between familial vs romantic territorialism makes a big middle chunk of the book seem uncomfortably incest-y.

Overall this is stronger than the first two entries in the series and makes me excited to continue reading, but imo, a small step down in quality from Heir of Fire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, War, and Vomit

Minor: Incest

pagesandpixels's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It was a journey to get here. I'm not sure we needed so many books but I will say that SJM can tell a story. It was long and sometimes frustrating because there were new characters and plot twists but it was fun and engaging. I can see the hype. This is not a spicy read and that's okay. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Physical abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, War, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Violence, Rape, War, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review

adventurous challenging 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Miscarriage, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Death, Confinement, Body horror, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, and Vomit

amandak's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Physical abuse, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Vomit

kate_1910's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing sad slow-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

5.0

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and War