Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

80 reviews

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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: Gore, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Animal death, Violence, Confinement, Murder, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Slavery, Alcohol, and Self harm

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Torture

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

kelread's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This is a commentary/rating on the series itself, not just this book (which is roughly 500 pages too damn long): I don't get the hype. There are so many threads, so many arcs, character development is borderline contrived, some romantic relationships between characters baffling, and there are just. so. many. plotlines. and too. many. words. And good lord does Maas love to write a torture scene which is 100% not my jam.

TBH, I finished it out of spite.  

Diehard SJM fans will (and do love this). 

Fans of ACOTAR...it's a 50/50 chance and it's worth noting that there's not much spice (or, really, spark).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Blood

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Sexual content

shannah_gone_bananas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Slow read. The latter part of this book series was hard to get through. I was finding I wasn’t reaching for these books at all. I wanted to know the conclusion so I am happy I held on. The ending was worth it. But it was difficult. 
I think mostly due to the character shifts. There was so many characters she bounced between that it was hard to stay invested. Because as soon as I was invested it would shift to another character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, and Medical trauma

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

What an emotional and fitting end to an epic fantasy series. TOG was my first high fantasy series so I didn’t know much of what to expect but I am so glad I undertook this adventure. I became so attached to Aelin and her band of heroes throughout the eight books. Though this final installment is almost 1,000 pages, they seemed to fly by as we jumped from battle to battle, from one part of the kingdom to another in massive clashes of good versus evil. At every moment I was surprised and intrigued. This book really beautifully brings back plots and characters that Maas expertly introduces books earlier - I was so impressed when something came up that I remembered from an earlier piece of the story and think that it’s the hallmark of a great writer to be able to make these sorts of callbacks. This book had some truly heartbreaking moments that were befitting of the finale of such an intense series but each one felt meaningful and instrumental to the storyline. I definitely found myself tearing up quite a bit at times and thought the overall arc of this novel was beautifully done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Death, Sexual content, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Torture

mayjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I have never felt such a volley of emotions. I loved this book so much. I'm sad to let it go, but I know it will live in my heart forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Torture, Gore, War, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Slavery, and Pregnancy

anguawolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

dalek_caan's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. What an ending. This is a series I would happily start over from book one having just put down the final book. I cried several times. Great writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Violence, Self harm, Animal death, Torture, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Oh my goodness, what a phenomenal ending to such an incredible series! I put off reading this book for years because it was so long (980 pages…) but I’m so glad I’ve finally read it!

I won’t be going into the plot of this book, being that it’s the last in a long series but I absolutely loved the storyline and the ending. My favourite thing about this series is without a doubt the characters! The fact that Maas can create all of these incredible characters and make them all so unique and well written is astonishing, to be honest. Sometimes it can feel like an author introduces too many characters and they all start to feel very basic and similar but that’s never the case with Sarah J. Maas. 

Aelin continues to be one of, if not my favourite book characters of all time. Honestly, I don’t understand how anyone couldn’t adore her!

Overall this series was outstanding and I’m glad I’ve finally completed the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Pregnancy, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War