Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Court of Silver Flames (Graphic Audio Part 1 & 2) by Sarah J. Maas

246 reviews

katjacatbeans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The spicy scenes were great - and, not gonna lie, that's the entire reason I read this book bc I didn't like ACOTAR that much. I have some qualms with a lot of the rest of the story. The Valkyries were an unexpected and welcomed surprise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Murder, and Alcohol

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahfrances52's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

After ACOFAS, I was anxious for Nesta to have her healing journey and it did not disappoint! Nesta’s story was incredibly inspiring and I was cheering for her the whole way through. As for the book as a whole, the writing felt a little more unbalanced than previous books in the ACOTAR series. The political storyline with Briallyn and the Trove didn’t blend as seamlessly with Nesta’s healing journey as the quest for the Book of Breathings did with Feyre’s in ACOMAF. I loved the book and I love the series, but there were moments where I was taken out of the story because I was trying to figure out how the pieces fit together. Despite this feeling of unbalance, it did come together by the end and it was totally  worth it! Most importantly, I loved getting to know Gwyn and Emerie and I hope to see a lot more of them in future stories!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

kaattie's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

kai_okay's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, and War

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and War

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

evermoresversion's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

1.5 ⭐️ |
this was an absolute disaster.
there was no real plot, no actual romance (just pure smut), and nothing of substance happened until the last 50 pages, and even that was resolved <u>way too easily</u>, but who’s surprised, anyway. no one <u>ever</u> dies in this series, even the side characters.

while, i love Nesta and she’s my favorite character, <u>by far</u>, this just wasn’t what i wanted nor expected from her book. it wasn’t focused on her healing at all, and instead it was focused on her and Cassian fucking 24/7 and never actually having a real, normal conversation.
how was Nesta supposed to heal and deal with her trauma when the IC is constantly insulting her, trying to send her away, forcing her to train against her will, and on top of that her <u>mate</u> takes her on a hike in the mountains when she’s on the verge of being <u>suicidal</u>. like i’m sorry but what??

additionally, the amount of smut in this book was completely unnecessary as they were fucking, literally, <u>every chapter</u> (and i skipped it all).

on the other hand, the best part of the book was her relationship with Emerie and Gwyn. their friendship is so pure and full of understanding, i <u>love</u> them so much and they’re <u>by far</u> my favorite friendship in the entirety of the SJM universe.

just to mention, because i can’t not: i already hated Rhysand before this book, but now... i have no words. 
how are the girlies still calling him a <u>feminist king</u> after what he did here?

overall, i’d love to give this 5 stars, because Nesta deserve it, but this book has <u>so many</u> problems (some of which i won’t mention in order to keep this spoiler free) that i just simply can’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

bibliophilefrombirth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault