Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

106 reviews

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy

readergonewilde's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

kate_1910's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

Oh. My. God. The build up in this book makes it worth it’s medium pace. And thank got Kaltain was used for more than a romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.0

Though I still adore the characters and the world, this was the most boring Throne of Glass book for me. It felt like a lot of waiting for something to happen and when big events did finally take place, they seemed to be over really quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

emmasbookshelf27's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

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

5.0

I felt like this book started out strong and then had a 100 or so page lull in the middle before picking up again. Once it started going at the end it really went. It was very fast-paced and interesting. Really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

julia87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This books was amazing. All I wanted to do for the past few days is read. For hours on end.

For starters, it was super fast past and kept me super engaged. The plot was great, the only criticism I have is that the first 100 or so pages were a tad boring <sort of spoiler> things got infinitely better when Rowan came back in.  

This was hands down the best book I’m the Throne of Glass Series so far. I will 100% be continuing on this book was absolutely amazing. I would highly suggest it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

sdemo08's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

So many twists and turns! Even on a second reading, I  was still catching new plot twists.

[White Stag on "black currant" crocheted blanket]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

psydneigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

This was a reread for me, but I think this is my favorite book in the series. Everything starts falling in place just in time for the doozy of the tandem read (which I highly recommend if this is your first read through)

This book makes me really hate Chaol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Slavery, Grief, and Medical trauma

anaya_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Keep in mind that this is a problematic author and I’m reading this from a library outlet so I’m not profiting SJM-One of my favorites in the series. It showed different sides of characters and I absolutely loved the interactions and romance subplots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Genocide and Kidnapping