Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

32 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

SJM knows exactly what she did. I will be crying in my room for a week thanks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Torture, War, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Gore

dcnireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

a great introduction to the worldbuilding and to Celaena's character, her story, and her motivations. Got quite tragic at the end, and sometimes it was dragging a bit, but it is a prequel and not part of the main series so im cutting it some slack, would be four stars, but the emotional damage was enough to take it down a notch. RIP Sam. Sarah J Maas you will pay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Slavery

Minor: Sexual violence

laura_nel13'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Colonisation, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Excrement

imds's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Kidnapping

biaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Deportation, Murder, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Rape, and War

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Honestly was hoping that this would be much better than it actually was. It is only the prequel to the series so I am hoping the first book is better. I heard this series is close to being as good as ACOTAR. Hopefully Throne of Glass is much more interesting. I kept hoping for it to be done…. 🥱 good start to a storyline and I’m excited to keep reading about the main character… but give me a plot!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, War, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Blood, and Grief

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

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

3.75

this book had so much potential to be amazing but it felt so slow and absolutely bored me so many times. i was expecting a lot of assassinating and interactions with people who were important in Celaena’s past but we didn’t actually get much of that. if someone wants to commit to this series and understand everything i suggest you read this but personally if i’m going to do a reread i’ll probably skip this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

emmasbookshelf27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I really liked this book. It was a great pace that kept me engaged (read in 1 day). I also found the characters cute and interesting. Overall enjoyed the fact that it gave both plot and character development. Excited to get into the next 7 books.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Violence, and War

madilyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Torture, and Violence