Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

100 reviews

alices13thdiary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

how am i supposed to take a break to read a few romcoms after finishing this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, War, Genocide, Murder, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

why is this book 600+ pages
absolutely nothing happens until the last 100 pages and the characters are so flat and boring. all of the plot points has no challenge in them and the characters easily obtained everything. the ending was exciting but i can’t believe i just read 500 pages of set up for that
some of the plot points seem completely random ie lysandra
chaol is finally not my least favorite character anymore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Toxic relationship

krittabug's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

It’s getting good! Faves of the moment: Lysandra, Manon and Aedion. MVP: KALTAIN! The ending (last quarter of the book) of this one was epic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, War, and Torture

kenziewol's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: War, Vomit, and Torture

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

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: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, 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: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, 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, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Vomit

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

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