Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Usvatuulen valtakunta by Sarah J. Maas

101 reviews

painausten314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Toxic relationship, Torture, and War

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

Okay, I’m my ACOTSR review I didn’t have the full scope of Tamlin or Rhys: I now completely agree with the general public opinion. Tamlin is just such

a gaslighting, controlling bastard!!!  And to think that Feyre would willingly stay with him when he continues to trap her, control her, and smother her until she’s caving in on herself!? Ugh. Such a bastard. <spoiler/> now, Rhysand on the other hand: is such a sweet, damaged baby. When Tamlin failed to recognize that Feyre had severe PTSD from the experience, Rhys did, and he’s the one that took steps to help her heal from that. Tamlin just ignored it, saying that he was dealing with his own shit. Well guess what, Rhys has 50x more trauma from the experience than Tamlin, so he actually understands what Feyre is going to though.

And then he wonders why Feyre ends up with Rhys. Smh. <spoiler\>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Torture

Moderate: Stalking, Slavery, Bullying, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Hate crime

kriti's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Slavery

luca_18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Mental illness, Vomit, and War

Minor: Slavery, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Stalking

wildlifelane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Slavery, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, and Cursing

niinabulic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, and Abandonment

bisquii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

3 stars for quality, but 5 for escapism fantasy. Great book to just read and not think

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

The tags in ‘Moderate’ are because the events from the first book

Under the Mountain

are referenced and the characters trauma from it is addressed

nidhzinwonderland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, and Slavery

taylorroseship's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

abbywilson's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.25

When i told a friend of mine that i HATED ACOTAR and would not be wasting my time on the sequels, she smiled knowingly and said “you wont hate the series if you read ACOMAF”. 

And i’ll be honest, she was right. This is a much more enjoyable read compared to the first book. From the get-go Feyre’s character is far more interesting and well thought out than the stroppy, sloppy, ignorant-teen we got in book one (due to her ptsd and trauma from events of first book - see my review for ACOTAR grr - but better than nothing). There is also a lot more time spent on the plot, fleshing out Prythian and our characters. And let me tell you, if an author can make you hate a character who was meh book one, it’s a good book.  Not having to slog through predictable and dull plot (re: book one) was refreshing, but i’m not sure if the vast improvement (to the plot, writing style, flow, etc.) was drastically heightened by the inadequacies of the first.

The mental powers that develop between rhys and feyre are interesting and almost funny in their sincere contradictions. His mental, eternal walls purring like a cat. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SARAH IM GOING CRAZY!?!?! the light hearted tone of the first half and the absolutely bonkers second half made this a really enjoyable read. 

At some points writing reverts back to these underdeveloped petty characters, it was so frustrating and i LOVE IT. I think Sarah J Maas’ style is super eclectic and inconsistent, but shifting tone between steamy fantasy romance bits, gory torture and adventure somehow works for her. And the cliffhanger ending - so suspenseful!! Definitely not a literary masterpiece but in such a good way.

TLDR: if you hated book one, read this, if you have a couple free days and are keen for some bad-boy gets girl romance then read this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault