Reviews tagging 'War'

Kingdom of Ash (Miniature Character Collection) by Sarah J. Maas

234 reviews

thecityofstarlight's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

This is probably a controversial opinion, but I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the others! I had a hard time staying interested and invested in the story. A lot of it felt like filler and was unnecessary. Idk, maybe my expectations were too high, but I found it to be kinda boring :(

Also the ending was cool with the kingsflame blooming n all, but idk, it was kinda anticlimactic imo… the biggest let down was Aelin’s arc… like throughout the series she is our heroine and a certified bad ass, but in this book its like she barely got to do anything and she’s the one that basically loses it all. How is that fair to her?? She def deserves a better storyline than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, and War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Vomit

ronan_lesh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

lauren_drinkard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Colonisation

lianareadsromantasy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? N/A

5.0

Such an epic, mind-blowing last journey.
I am devastated that it has come to an end... This series has made me feel so much.
Aelin is for real my favorite FMC of all time. She is so strong, the brightest flame, I love her with all my heart. Her journey was so heartbreaking but amazing. She never gave up. 

This book is filled with war, the battle against Erawan and his Valg army. It's very well structured. Seperate wars are colliding into 1 final battle which made it really interesting because a big part of this book is a going-on war. The emotions throughout the book are so real. Their fear, despair, love, friendship, unwaver, dedication,.... It's a rollercoaster and it has made me smile, sob and ugly cry. 

Beautiful story, astonishingly written, unforgettable characters. 
UTTERLY DEVASTATING but so enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and War

Moderate: Slavery

hitheremynameislisa'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? It's complicated

5.0

Ouch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

amber_lfor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I would rate it higher if I could...I feel this is the best book in the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ernis'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While I enjoyed most of all the TOG, I preferred the beginning of the TOG series to its ending. A lot of the latter books, including this one and TOD, felt drawn out. I felt like this one could've been reduced by at least 1/3; while Maas writes great prose and descriptions, I feel like a lot of it was unnecessary. The conclusion felt rather unrealistic to me, though there were scenes with some of the minor heros that I really liked.
I personally had a hard time with the gory descriptions that were so prevalent in the first 200 pages of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

nyghtengale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

If you like Sarah J Maas, you will like this book.  I like the ACOTAR series and have read the Cresent City as well.   Finishing the Throne of Glass saga left me with a thought.  Just like her other book, the pacing is grating for me.  There is so much world-building and hand-holding and unnecessary pain for shock.  Then, the last hill of a roller coaster in the last 100 pages.   It leaves you emotionally raw, stripped, and, for me, not in a good way.  I thought this was the series that started her journey, and I watched the progression of her writing style.  The structure and pacing are all the same, so I am done.    Alien, Feyre, and Bryce are all the same with just enough variance to say some are different.    I am done with Maas, but for others her books are golden and for her writing style this one is a good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and War

michelleskup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War