Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

110 reviews

samnash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Slavery, Torture, Miscarriage, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Rape

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Vomit, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Xenophobia

mcpopish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

SJM has a way of just holding you hostage with the tension she creates, the concern you feel for these characters. I am always amazed at the chokehold her writing has on me, even after I’m finished with the book in question.  Can’t wait to start the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

hollymileham's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

this was so big my hands hurt
definitely worth it though it had a really strong storyline im even starting to care about manon finally
im excited for more rowan&aelin
wish me luck im doing the tandem read because i hate myself

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Vomit, Blood, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

starfire29's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.75

Continues the strong character development and worldbuilding that Maas delivered in Heir of Fire, with some satisfying plot twists and emotional breakthroughs for various characters. 

This is also the first book that starts to get properly horny.

Many of the descriptions  are starting to become repetitive - there are only so many times that I can read that someone was "covered in black blood" or had "eyes lined with silver" (just say they're filled with tears jfc). Also the way that Maas describes territorial Fae males is already exhausting, and the lack of nuance between familial vs romantic territorialism makes a big middle chunk of the book seem uncomfortably incest-y.

Overall this is stronger than the first two entries in the series and makes me excited to continue reading, but imo, a small step down in quality from Heir of Fire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, War, and Vomit

Minor: Incest

noetical's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Torture

Moderate: War and Slavery

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Slavery, Miscarriage, Vomit, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, and War

kal517's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Death, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage