Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

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

104 reviews

hgunsch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, War, Torture, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

amboyer's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage

emhaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Rape, Miscarriage, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Torture

allisonbrooke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, War, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

emmarie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.25

This is a good book; you grow to love Nesta. SJM’s depiction of PTSD is all too realistic. It’s oddly reassuring to see. I very much would like to read the original books with this knowledge of Nesta (and Cassian) as I believe they would be different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ciwanski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.5

This was the smuttiest self help book I have ever read in my life oh my god

For real though this one is actually my favorite out of all of the acotar books lol love to hate it hate to love it. I’ve always felt something tender for Nesta, so I guess I was waiting for this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Rape

eli_ravioli_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, War, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

culzean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual assault, War, Cursing, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Addiction, Body shaming, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

downsophialane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A Court of Silver Flames is outstanding, but it is not for the faint-hearted. My girl Nesta goes through it. There are parts of her journey to healing that are hard to read, and this novel is long, but it's absolutely worth it.
 
This summer is my reintroduction to speculative fiction after a long time away so I'm not fantasy expert; thus, I'll leave the critique of the fantasy worldbuilding to other reviewers. My expert area is romance though, and the development of Nesta and Cassien's relationship is something special. This book is notably sexier than previous SJM books, but I would argue that the explicit scenes here are doing what they need to, to serve the emotional arc (which is what sex scenes in romance novels are supposed to do). Cassian is also a god among men in the ranks of romance heroes. He is fully devoted to Nesta despite her tendency to lash out at him, but he doesn't veer into creepy "persistent" territory where harrassment is treated as romantic.

Truly, I would go to war for Nesta. She is what may be called an "unlikeable heroine", but that label feels reductive when the reason is so clear and deliberate... She isn't unlikeable, she has debilitating trauma and self-hatred. She is surrounded by people who are not able or willing to give her the grace of being depressed, compounded by her lashing out at anyone attempting to reach her. I felt the conflict between Nesta, Feyre and Rhysand was so well-done: no one is blameless but everyone's perspectives are understandable. 

SJM's unabashed appropriation of romancelandia chat, Nesta's friendly house that reads romance novels, and the Valkyries' training also affords some much need levity. This book is as much a celebration of female friendship as it is a soarching romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Death of parent, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Body horror, War, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

There are some outstanding visual moments in this book - her first time with the silver flames after her nightmare was memorable, and I won't forget the horrific description of the Kelpy in a while. I also squalked aloud when she was turned on by Cass and Az sparring and imagining a threesome... Thank you SJM, I need that levity in your PTSD book!