Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

6 reviews

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

lizziethebookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Genocide, Death, Slavery, Colonisation, and Child abuse

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Pedophilia

breathehopebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Trafficking, Alcohol, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gaslighting, War, and Rape

Minor: Vomit

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

nicoledr's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Sexism, Slavery, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia, Vomit, Grief, and Murder