Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

7 reviews

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

im_eebee's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.75

This book was just amazing. Everything picked up in the last book, and this one just ran with it in the best way possible. I have to give it 4.75 because I technically didn’t like it as much as Heir of Fire, but this is definitely one of my top reads ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Ableism, Sexual violence, Classism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Murder

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Oh I loved this book. There was so much emotion, so much growth and so much heart.

So many characters developed. I love all of them. They all have loveable qualities and witty banter. (Chaol is eh. He was pissing me off in the beginning). The women in this story are absolutely amazing. Aelin is so smart and cunning. Kaltain’s story was so sad and beautiful. Lysandra really surprised me and I love her. Manon is an absolute icon. Asterin made me want to cry.

I can’t wait to see these characters win this war.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Grief, Physical abuse, Slavery, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Violence, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Body horror, Child abuse, War, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

theoceanrose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Ableism, Cursing, Medical content, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, Misogyny, Torture, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Rape

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