Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

410 reviews

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, War, Genocide, Gore, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

smilingsammie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Alcohol, Medical content, Body shaming, Addiction, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Misogyny, Cursing, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Torture

readingwithmuggy's review against another edition

5.0

”Never again. Never again would she be weak. Never again would she be at someone’s mercy. Never again would she fail. Never again, never again, never again.”

Gosh I loved this book so much! I loved the sweet story of friendship & unconditional love reflected in these pages with Nesta & Gwyn & Emerie. I feel like this book had great representation on the effects of trauma & depression. While Nesta was in her darkest season, I felt so much empathy for her & could connect so well to her thoughts and feelings. Ready to see the next book that Maas cooks up!

(TW: for rape, sexual abuse, murder, war, pregnancy complications, etc. also very heavy on the smut!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, War, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

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

kkellymsu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

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

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, 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, Blood, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual content

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

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

lil_pickle_cat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence and Child abuse

elizabethortiz96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Okay...that was a lot. 
Overall I loved this book. I felt like Nesta's journey was written so well and took so much time - like it was really great how it wasn't too easy, it really showed her progress and setbacks repeatedly, which felt realistic. Also her and cassian - yum. But then all of a sudden it was like she realized she'd written 680 pages and suddenly had to wrap it up and then crammed everything into the last 70 pages. There's so much left unresolved - like the entire autumn court, Tamlin, the rumbling war... like I need her to write more asap. Also as much as I loved the story, I missed hearing about Rhys, Feyre, and the rest of the people in the central group. I wish it'd been more balanced. 
Having said all that I feel like the majority of the book was brilliant, which is why I gave it 5 stars - just an unsatisfying ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Torture, Sexual content, War, and Grief

valeadriana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

This series had me yawning at the first book and now crying while reading this one??? After reading ToG I was quite sure Sarah J. Mass could do it again, but I came to love this book dearly, even if Nesta was quite far from being my fave character. 

The story about her depressed self, how structure, exercise, new friends and time to herself, helped her grow and heal resonated so deep with me. The shame and guilt portrayed in the book and how the three friends helped each other was just beautiful. 
The pace at the end felt a bit fast and that Nesta had to offer herself twice to redeem herself (especially with Rhys) was a bit much to my liking. She'd deserve love also without offering her power or life imo.

All in all, this might be my favourite book of the series so far for all the awareness in the storytelling (wouldn't have thought I'd say that after the third one though lol) 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence