Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

43 reviews

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Child death, Blood, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Stalking, Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Genocide, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, and Violence

emma97louise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

emis_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

If you read this book after reading Throne of Glass 1-3 you already know how it’s gonna end. It is so heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: War

I knew exactly Sam was gonna die in the end and i kinda knew how. But reading it actually happening was a whole other level of pain. I cried.

michaela_nelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, and Slavery

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

SAM😭💔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Slavery, Alcohol, Death, Body horror, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

lulusreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Minor: Torture and Vomit

kmack79's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Grief, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Gore

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.25

This collection of stories about Calaena before the Throne of Glass events was harder to get through than I thought, and I think it’s because I knew the eventual outcome for both Calaena and Sam 😭 I really enjoyed the second and third stories though. I saw the “twist” of whose to blame from a mile away and felt like this grouping of prequel stories didn’t add a lot to the series as a whole, but gave me more time with Calaena’s character. I was really hoping for more info about the HUGE spoiler revealed at the end of Crown of Midnight, but all we got was an allusion to Calaena keeping secrets about her past 👀 So while I enjoyed this read, it didn’t meet my expectations in a couple ways. I am excited to get back into the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Body horror, Colonisation, Alcohol, Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Trafficking, Grief, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, Abandonment, Racism, and Sexism

comolaflore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: War, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Confinement, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Rape

Minor: Emotional abuse and Gore

amandafitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, War, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Torture, Body horror, Classism, and Slavery