Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

17 reviews

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Slavery, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Death, and Murder

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I am continuing my journey to read the Throne of Glass series this year.
"Crown of Midnight" picks up right at the end of "Throne of Glass". Celaena has become the king's champion, but she is hardly loyal to him. She can see that he is evil, and she wants to bring him down. She quickly learns that she is not the only one who is unhappy with the king, but she struggles to uncover which alliances are true.
This sequel is violent and really veers more towards action than romance, which I think will appeal to more people. Celaena is a deeply flawed character, and I love that! She makes mistakes and takes risks to fight for what she believes in. She is admirable, strong, and the perfect person to take on the king.
This was hardly my favorite Sarah J. Maas story, but I am definitely excited to continue and see where this series is going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

bryelle'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? Yes

4.0

Book 2 of the Throne of Glass series. This is a great continuation of the series. I truly think the best part of this book is the story between Celaena and Chaol. It is great to see their friendship and love grow. We get to see a glimps of Celaena’s past as we see characters she has once known. Celaena is battling knowing what to do and who to trust through this book. Everyone has their own agenda and tries to trust but giving only so much to those around them.

ALSO WE FIND OUT CELAENA IS FAE!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Self harm, and Death

kat1105's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Sexism, Vomit, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, Slavery, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: War, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Gore, Violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Cursing

ninaevan's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked this one more than the first. Very engaging, tho I didn't quite buy the sudden romance w *you know who* but had fun with it anyway. Maas somehow makes very predictable twists still fun to uncover. The characters were also well developed in this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit