Reviews tagging 'War'

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

150 reviews

brookeabeeplays's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. I would have given it a 5, but I was screaming at the main character half the time that the answers were right in front of her. She is portrayed as smart and cunning, so I just didn't find it believable that it took her so long to connect the dots sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, War, and Classism

perytonne's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Vomit

ylimesnwot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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 and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, and War

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

toris_in_her_own_world's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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 loved Celaena!! Such a strong character, very complex and yet still relateable. It really takes some skill to make an assassin feel like an average person. I also loved the little bits of romance that were in there! Honestly though, the ending fight scene was hard to read.

Especially knowing that she had been drugged it was just tough to read through a whole chapter or a few  of her struggling and hallucinating. I just wish that part had been shortened slightly, that’s all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and War

brittany_jean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

Scarier than I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kmoyer07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent

tea_cup1236's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

I personally preferred Assassin's blade but this is still really good. I really wanted Celaena to get with Nehemia though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Vomit

Minor: War

The descriptions of gore can get pretty detailed.

raavi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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? No

3.75

Didn’t really feel the stakes ante up until mid way. I went into expecting an adult romantasy and got more fantasy than romance. Though slow on plot it was fun and entertaining read. Selene was giving “I’m not like other girls “ which made her extremely annoying through the first half of the book but luckily it improves. Unfortunately no one bones in this book 🙄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and War

Minor: Stalking

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I devoured this book. It was easy to follow and even the slower parts were interesting. I was kept engaged and intrigued. I love Dorian and Celaena’s witty banter. The way Chaol cares for Celaena in his own way is amazing.

Celaena and Nehemiah’s friendship is precious and I love how Elena defends Celaena.

I do wish there was a clearer distinction and more organized approach when switching POVs but it’s a fun switch.

I also thought the reveal that Cain was summoning creatures was a little predictable. I was surprised to see that Perrington was controlling him and not just influencing him.

I’m excited to see where this series goes. This was a great opener.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and War

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism