Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

83 reviews

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

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

So I read this prequel before starting the main series. I thought it was ok. The first half was pretty bland but the second half picked up a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

shea_like_the_butter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Holy shit

SAM 😭😭😭

I haven’t cried like that in a good long while— & to think I KNEW THE ENDING ? 😭🫠🥸

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Trafficking, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Racism

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

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

4.0

i will preface this by saying i read this after reading Heir of Fire. 

this book was definitely easier to understand and enjoy after reading the first 3 books of the series since some of the characters had been mentioned before. that also means it had a much greater emotional impact because there was already that context from other books plus i had grown to care about Celaena and where her journey brings her. 

this book was really enjoyable to read until the last story in it where i was immensely stressed because i knew the fate of one of the characters already. the other stories are great to learn about since they are mentioned briefly in passing in other books and shows some of the cool adventures and also morose treatment Celaena was used to and endured before meeting Dorian and Chaol in Throne of glass. 

after reading Heir of Fire and this, I am a lot more excited about reading the next installments of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit and Torture

vickyz_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

teardropsonmypaperback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Vomit

hschlecht's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Classism, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Sexism

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

rwilcox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

An amazing set of novellas. Each stood well on their own as well as building on top of each other for a crescendo of emotions. I loved this book. I read it before Throne of Glass. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Torture, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation