Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

219 reviews

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Body horror, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Slavery

thepeculiarlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.25

the first two novellas were okay. we better see more of yrene.
the last three novellas were a roller coaster 😭😭😤😤😱😱

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Death, and Violence

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Body horror

merrow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

It was nice to have some background on this series, but it didn’t really deliver on showing us Adarlan’s Assassin, who

got into trouble and tricked every assassination we were shown

. It’s the same for her first true love, who’s just another enemies to lovers and

lovers for only a month off screen before he’s killed

.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Slavery, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Gore, Violence, Death, Murder, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Blood

savvyrosereads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

February 2024 reread:

I loved this one just as much the second time around, and remain confident in my assertion this one should be read first. Also Sarah if you disagreed why do the acknowledgements to this one say “I hope you’ll enjoy seeing where [Celaena’s] adventures take her in Throne of Glass”?! Hm? I rest my case.

Original review (March 2023):

Rating: 4.5/5 stars.

It took me over a decade to get to this series and it was absolutely worth the wait. A hill I will happily die on is that you need to read this one FIRST. It comes first in the box set! The promo poster literally says the journey BEGAN WITH A BLADE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Torture

noetical's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

The life of a 17year old assassin. This book features four novellas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, and Blood

sydneykidny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, and Trafficking

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed these novellas. I’m doing the reading order where you read Assassin’s Blade for the most emotional impact and PHEW. Some scenes felt like a gut punch. I really enjoyed each story and felt that they allowed me to learn more about Celeana!  But I did feel as if some of them dragged on at times, particularly “the assassin and the desert.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Slavery

g_monaghan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I love this series and this book was no exception, i was anticipating a very detailed description of a character death - whilst the scene was incredibly sad, thankfully it was relatively brief. Overall a great addition to the series and a highly emotional (but worth it) read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Slavery