Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

68 reviews

edamamebean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Would have been five stars if not for that

unnecessarily traumatic pregnancy side plot.

But I really loved this book, the best in the series so far in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Gore, Sexual content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Death of parent

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I can't tell if I like this book best because it's actually better/plays to SJM's strengths as a writer or if this one just has more characters/tropes that appeal to me personally. *gestures at Nesta like I'm John Mulaney in 'Kid Gorgeous'*: My wife's a bitch, and I like her so much.

Still deducting points for the clumsy deus ex machina.

Also:

Yet another fictional universe that really needs to get around to inventing the therapist.

Much like Star Wars,

I'm supposed to believe that our main characters can heal from anything except being female pregnancy.

We now have two male characters named after female goddesses ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Dysphoria, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Self harm

There is a potentially fatal pregnancy

and the mother is not informed her life might be in danger. There's no discussion of abortion.

naddles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I liked the characters better before I read this book. So much pigheadedness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Self harm, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Violence, War, Cursing, and Death

bookwormlily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

Honestly, I thought this book would be hard to read for me. I loved Feyre and got quite attached to her. And since this book is from Nesta’s perspective, it is quite different. But I really liked it. If you’ve ever had any mental health issues, you might find your struggles in Nesta’s struggles… I did and it was very validating. Overall the story doesn’t progress that much, it does deal with how a lot of us struggle with an internal invisible darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Violence, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: War, Torture, Self harm, and Pregnancy

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: Rape, Domestic abuse, War, and Violence

tinawasabi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Self harm

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is very similar to ACOMAF, but with Nesta in it. I might be scared to read some long books but not by SJM. 

I love a mental health troupe and Cassian and Nesta have an amazing love story. I appreciated that this book wasn’t geared towards YA audience. It made the themes hit harder and the parallelism to ACOMAF showed that.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Self harm, Sexism, War, Child death, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Mental illness, and Murder

rosiem1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, and Torture

nestasbff'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

2.25

2.25 ⭐️ |
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??

i am a smut hater till the day i die. one scene is enough. however, i know most people love smut, but the amount  in this book was absolutely 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: Self harm, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

caitlinspeachyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Rape, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Sexism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body horror, Grief, Sexual harassment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Child abuse, Gore, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Medical trauma