Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

15 reviews

snackykennedy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Death, Torture, Death of parent, and Gore

katelynnelawson's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

Highly recommend you read this one earlier than I did - some time around Book 2-4 would be best! But it’s good backstory, and it was interesting learning about characters I already knew.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Slavery

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

I read this as the third book in the series, as the author recommends. 

I wasn't expecting to enjoy the prologue novellas as much as I did, but it built a compelling portrait of Celaena's character that also filled in some of her less understandable traits in the first two books. The romance plot in this book is far more compelling and believable than those in the other two books, and I hope this is a sign that the romance arcs will continue to mature as the series progresses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual violence

lealeaogrady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Good start to the series! Great character development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

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

livcanread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit and Sexual violence

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

kylarenea_'s review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

preservationaux's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Vomit, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement and Slavery