Reviews tagging 'Death'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

176 reviews

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

My only complaint was that this book was so long. But I understand it needed to tie up all the loose ends. So beautifully written and the perfect end to a great series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, and Gore

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

My name is Hailey Friggin Williams.

And I will not be afraid…. 

CAUSE IVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED READING THROUGH THE SJM UNIVERSE AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH IT😭

Holy shit monkeys. WOW. Just… wow…. 

I feel like I adored all of the SJM sagas but Throne of Glass really got me feeling lots of feelings. It was a slow burn love story between me and the series because it started off being real meh and turned into one of my all time fav series. I loved it. Seriously. I’m gonna force anyone who will listen to me to read it. 

Onto Kingdom of Ash in particular: 

This finale was epic. So much heart was put into it and the war and chaos and grief aspects were beautifully done. For a series with a crazy amount of characters, all of their stories were all lovingly ended and tied with a bow. Even Aedion, whom I shan’t punch. (I’ve forgiven his antics) 

The sense of peace and hope this book ended with… TEARS!!! So many tears were shed throughout, though. And even though I believe the ending was perfect I STILL WANT MORE DAMMIT! 

I want an entire epilogue book that’s written 10 years in the future cause I wanna check on everybody and see how they’re all doing! They deserve a happy book like ACOTAR got with frost and starlight. 

In conclusion, I’m gonna miss these characters very very much. 

Anywho, I’m distraught. Bye. ✌️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Torture, Pregnancy, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, War, Animal death, and Violence

thecityofstarlight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

This is probably a controversial opinion, but I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the others! I had a hard time staying interested and invested in the story. A lot of it felt like filler and was unnecessary. Idk, maybe my expectations were too high, but I found it to be kinda boring :(

Also the ending was cool with the kingsflame blooming n all, but idk, it was kinda anticlimactic imo… the biggest let down was Aelin’s arc… like throughout the series she is our heroine and a certified bad ass, but in this book its like she barely got to do anything and she’s the one that basically loses it all. How is that fair to her?? She def deserves a better storyline than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Vomit

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

lauren_drinkard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Torture, and Death

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, and War

Moderate: Infertility, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Colonisation and Animal death

hitheremynameislisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Ouch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, War, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Death of parent

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gore, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Animal death, Violence, Confinement, Murder, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Slavery, Alcohol, and Self harm

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Torture

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

kelread's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This is a commentary/rating on the series itself, not just this book (which is roughly 500 pages too damn long): I don't get the hype. There are so many threads, so many arcs, character development is borderline contrived, some romantic relationships between characters baffling, and there are just. so. many. plotlines. and too. many. words. And good lord does Maas love to write a torture scene which is 100% not my jam.

TBH, I finished it out of spite.  

Diehard SJM fans will (and do love this). 

Fans of ACOTAR...it's a 50/50 chance and it's worth noting that there's not much spice (or, really, spark).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Blood