Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

117 reviews

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Updated Review (June 2024):

Still fantastic. Dorian really grew on me this time around, and all the little hints and bits of foreshadowing are really just so fun to catch on a reread. Thoroughly enjoyed!

Original Review (March 2023):

Rating: 5/5 stars.

Splendid, perfect, marvelous, a bunch more adjectives. I was already enjoying this series but this is definitely the one that truly hooked me after the midway point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

Minor: Child death and Torture

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nicklybear's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Genocide and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

booksinherhead's review against another edition

Read this for the second time almost ten years after reading it the first time–this time around doing a buddy read so I can finally finish this series. Let me tell you I am IN THIS. Very invested. So far I've definitely been tracking how each book feels individually versus in the larger series arc. Each book ends with the promise of things to come, for sure, but I'm not feeling frustrated by cliffhangers or "filler books." Onward!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Sexual content

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A good book. I’ll read the next to learn more about this world and the characters, but I preferred the first two books to this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

aas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

ellaxo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

The plot was so good but the romance in this book stops me to give it a higher ranking. It was not as bad as I remembered it being but

it still icks me that she changed her love interest out of nothing. I felt no chemistry in any of the first two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual violence and Death of parent

huddlestonmaeg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

The beginning of this book was really slow, I’m surprised I finished it but glad I did and I’m excited to read the next one. I enjoyed the plot line and loved reading some of the hints we got in book one!! The characters were great and I know it’s probably not going to happen but I love Chaol and Celaena together right now. I also love Dorian. These are great characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Death of parent