Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

9 reviews

hannalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Compared to the first book this one wasn’t as great, mostly because I felt it was a bit slow and I was so mad at why Celaena wrote off Chaol. I hate misunderstanding tropes, she went bezerk before she even talked to him about it, and Celaena is just so wishy washy about who she is, what she stands for, what she even wants. spoiler: she has no idea yet so we’ll see how the next one pans out for her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Slavery, Stalking, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

cait's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

Minor: Violence, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Child abuse, Gore, Vomit, Physical abuse, War, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Death, Addiction, Torture, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Cursing, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Grief, Misogyny, and Self harm

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, Classism, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Violence, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, and Abandonment

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I had a harder time getting through this book than any other SJM book. That being said, it was still a good book, and vital to the storyline for the rest of the series. This book is definitely the turning point of the storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Gore, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexism, and War

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a really solid middle book of a series, it progressed the plot in a way that was important to the series overall and had its own contained plot line as well as some interesting plot twists going along. My one complaint is that the romance plot has been getting a bit repetitive as the series goes on but everything else is great. I love the world and the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Confinement, Colonisation, Genocide, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, War, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Rape

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Abandonment, Classism, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, Slavery, Murder, Self harm, and Alcohol

imds's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Slavery, Torture, War, Abandonment, and Colonisation

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

sandra_matute'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Sigo amando esta saga y los personajes me hacen pasar por todas las emociones LITERALMENTE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, and Vomit