Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

4 reviews

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

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

4.75

SJM knows exactly what she did. I will be crying in my room for a week thanks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Torture, War, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Gore

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Deportation, Murder, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Rape, and War

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

OMG OMG OMG!!!!! This was such an adventurous and kickass view of Celaena before the Throne of Glass series.
 

I honestly thought this was going to be a smol Novella...like the average novella. This was a freaking tome🤣🤣🤣😭 over 12 hours long. I immediately switched over from the ebook and requested my library to buy the audio (thankfully they approved👏🏼🙏🏼). Without further ado, my ratings for novellas:

• the assassin and the pirate lord 5/10⭐
• The assassin and the healer 8.5/10⭐
• The assassin and the desert 10/10⭐
• The assassin and the underworld/underword (I've seen it spelled both ways but either way my rating does not change)...bump up in star b/c her and Sam kissed😘 4/10⭐
• the assassin and the empire 10/10⭐.... Sam🥺🥺🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and War