Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

81 reviews

michaela_nelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, and Slavery

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

SAM😭💔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Slavery, Alcohol, Death, Body horror, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

asimpson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I’m not really sure what to say about this book. It isn’t the type of book that ive read before, but I really enjoyed it. It kept me hooked the whole way through. I couldn’t stop thinking about what would happen next. Even though Celina is an assassin, she still feels like the good guy.  liked how her and Sam ended up together, and I almost cried when he died. Which makes me hate Arobyn even more. I don’t understand how someone could treat a person like that. But now I get the hype over Sarah J Mass books and I can’t wait to read the next one !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Torture, Bullying, Violence, War, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Emotional abuse

spatterson7'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Drug use, Vomit, Death of parent, Cursing, and Excrement

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A great series of adventurous short stories to add some depth and backstory to the characters of celaena sardothien and arobynn Hamel. The first few stories feel more like separate adventures, lower stakes. Then the last two chapters/short stories are much higher stakes, impacting the wider story. A lot of fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Sexism, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, Confinement, and Vomit

emilycfox's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

After looking at some Reddit discussions, I decided to read this before starting the actual series. So I knew it might be a little slower to get into than if I’d started with TOG. The first few novellas are a bit slow, but then it picks up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

quietlex's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I didn’t love or hate it. It seemed pretty lackluster and predictable at times. I didn’t believe the romance between Celena and Sam, it felt forced and uninspired. I think this book was more focused on the different missions and progressing the plot rather than developing interesting and complex main characters. I’m hopeful that the rest of the series will build on who Celena is and why she thinks and acts the way she does. Quite disappointed with the lack of spice as well. Not the best start to the series, in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Death, Drug use, Grief, Excrement, Medical content, and Torture

jess_noack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Torture, and Death

gravitybreaker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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