Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

17 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, War, Colonisation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Medical content, Torture, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Genocide

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Physical abuse, Medical content, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

aloveh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Violence, Self harm, Genocide, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Addiction

angaramiel's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this book.

But

I enjoyed all the characters except for Bryce. And not because of the choices she made, etc. It was actually that she felt like two different characters.

There was a point in the book that I wondered if, with getting the second piece of magic, she had actually taken on another's essence and therefore actually had two personalities inside her. Her character was sooo different that I truly believed that we would end up with her needing to exorcize herself of another soul.

This book felt weird for many reasons, but most of them revolved around Bryce/not-Bryce.

Overall, this book was fun.

Now, for an apparently controversial opinion - I am deeply saddened by the fandom's hate for Tharion, because it means these people would hate someone like who I was during my worst depression. The kind that came about from a mistake, oh now everyone is disappointed in me, how do I get out of this? Might as well just wallow here in a stupor in this life I don't really want. Oh, a way out? I'll take it. Oh but now I've disappointed more people. I fucked up. Why can't I stop making mistakes? My friends would be better off without me and all my mistakes. Leave. Why do they care? Now they're in this mess because of me. Implode. I keep trying to leave as everyone would have been better if me and my mistakes were never here in the first place.

I know I was hateful during that time. I lost many friends, either through my leaving or others giving up on me and my "stupid actions." So many are saying they didn't see him as depressed, just someone who loved himself too much. But, as I was reading his arc and his thoughts, I literally noted in my journal that this would be a content warning: suicidal thoughts, because I recognized his exact thoughts. All with the same mask of arrogance on the outside. "Because of me. Because of me. Because of me."

This is an ugly side of depression. I am so glad that Ithan fought for him, as undeserving as it may have seemed. I am glad Bryce claimed him, for no reason other than Tharion existed. That's reason enough.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

carolinemerlinevans's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Torture, Slavery, Child death, Excrement, War, Drug use, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Torture, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Child abuse, War, Death, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

kristinallard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Fire/Fire injury

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was so good. So much is happening but there’s a good mix between lore and action. Some of the characters make questionable decisions that have me screaming but it was a beautiful emotional rollercoaster. Occasionally the POV jumps were happening a bit too quickly and it felt like whiplash but it was nice to see what was happening in the different places all at once. I absolutely love Bryce and Hunt but Lidia stole the show for me. Her character development is absolutely amazing. This was a great read and still left more to be said.

It was nice to see that after the Asteri were defeated. It wasn’t just going back to normal and everything is okay. They are still facing challenges.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, War, Murder, Torture, Cursing, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Slavery

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This book had me ugly crying so hard I couldn't read anymore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Violence, Cannibalism, Genocide, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child death, Dysphoria, Medical content, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Torture, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and War