Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

99 reviews

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, War, Confinement, Slavery, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Pregnancy, Genocide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Classism, Sexual content, Child death, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

joey_paige's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Blood, and Ableism

Minor: Slavery

bgay09'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

There it is!!! It took about four books but the Throne of Glass Series has finally showed its SJM magic! I enjoyed the first few books but Queen of Shadows was everything I wanted from this story! It was fast paced, well written, characters are amazing, world building through the roof! I can't wait to see what comes next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, War, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Slavery, War, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence and Miscarriage

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Confinement, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Colonisation, Genocide, Slavery, and Ableism

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child death

aggrano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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: Blood, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Slavery

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Murder, Trafficking, War, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Grief, Self harm, Slavery, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Ableism, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars.

This may be a slightly controversial take but this one is actually my favorite of the series (with KoA a close second). The pacing is perfect and it features multiple all-time-favorite moments for me while still feeling like a well-plotted and self-contained read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual violence

charliesmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence