Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

86 reviews

imds's review against another edition

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, War, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Gore, Trafficking, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, and Slavery

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Death, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, Rape, Suicide, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

abetterpaige's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

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I finally took the plunge into the first series in the SJM universe and I wasn’t disappointed. Throne of Glass (TOG) introduces us to Celaena Sardothien - a slave at a death camp in Erilea run and operated by the men of the King of Adarlan. The Crown Prince of Adarlan, along with the Captain of the Guard, come to propose a trade for Celaena - compete in the King’s competition to become his champion, and one day earn your freedom, or die at the death camp. Celaena, a newly 18 year old who is known for being Adarlan’s Assassin, can taste nothing but potential freedom when she agrees to the competition. 

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Taken to the glass castle, where, obviously, the book gets its name, Celaena trains with the Captain of the Guard, Chaol, and falls into an easy flirtation with the Crown Prince. She also quickly develops a friendship with a visiting princess, Nehemia. As their training and the competition continue, more and more sponsored Champions start showing up dead - their bodies in ribbons, insides eaten. Celaena knows, somehow, that she can help solve these horrific murders, but can she do it without risking herself becoming Champion and her inevitable freedom? 

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I really enjoyed this book! I thought it was obvious that SJM was very young when she wrote this as it kind of felt like a 15 year old dreaming of being a badass 18 year old with men falling at your feet. Celaena is…difficult to like. She has the intelligence and maturity of a preteen, and the emotional capacity of one too. Her character was not developed or hashed out much beyond “she’s a badass with trauma” which felt very similar to the character development in Crescent City for me. I felt like we were TOLD more than we were shown about all of the characters, and I didn’t quite understand why any of them had chemistry or tension with one another. All that to say, the world building was easy to understand and enjoyable, and man is it fun reading this after ACOTAR and CC because IYKYK! Onto Crown of Midnight! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Genocide, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

d_we's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, Death, Physical abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and War

livruther's review against another edition

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

4.25

i HATE love triangles. but this book was still good. it took me a minute to get into, but i did get genuinely attached to the characters and interested in the politics. excited for the next one. love u sjm xoxoxo

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Eating disorder, Rape, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

teardropsonmypaperback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious tense 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

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Blood, Slavery, Confinement, and Death of parent

mtnest's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: War, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Animal death

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

Re-read. This is the series that got me back into reading for fun after college...little did I know what an avalanche it would become.

I devoured these first time I read them and I still enjoyed the strong female protagonist this time around. I can't wait to continue.

[Eye of Elena on "black currant" crocheted blanket.]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Gore, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Grief, Medical content, and Slavery

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: War, Death of parent, Rape, and Vomit