Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

152 reviews

eblankenship23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Violence, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Rape, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

bex2023's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

If you’re not into smut, don’t pick it up. If you’re into smut but in private areas, don’t do what I did and read it on a train next to a little old lady who keeps peeking at your book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Rape

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death, Rape, Body horror, Death of parent, and Gore

readingwithtara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book completely changed my opinion on Nesta and whilst i went in dreading reading from her POV i finished the book wanting to read more of her. This book is my favourite out of the series which has completely surprised me. I understand and actually resonate with Nesta now and i loved the sisterhood that was found in this book and the overall bonding of Nesta and the priestesses. I was so interested in them when they were first mentioned and im glad we got to explore that library and them in this book. I also finally got my amazing and bloodied and gruesome battle at the end that i wished was in ACOMAF and that i wished we got from Feyre that Nesta was so eager to show. There are just 2 things i would say against this book and that would be the lack of Morrigan (i hope she gets her own book) and the spicy scenes whilst i love me some good smut and im not saying they were badly written scenes more so it was just an overwhelming amount when you consider how milder the previous books were so i felt myself just skimming over them to get back to badass Nesta. Ending on a positive note this book was also written a-lot better than the previous books the writing of the others felt very receptive and certain sayings were receptively used ( watery bowels, vomiting , crude gesture etc) that made the books hard to read but this book was in my opinion written quite well and i enjoyed the writing alot more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Cursing, Death, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

abigailrosalynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Death, War, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

wpapnik'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Although maybe people dislike this book because of Nesta’s past actions, I absolutely love this book. Yeah the smutty scenes are great (and many), but what really hooked me was Nesta’s complexity. Over the course of the books you get to see her slowly bring down her walls and acknowledge her past mistakes and vulnerabilities. ACOSF is also a wonderful example of how healing from trauma is not a linear path. We see Nesta battle with suicide, substance abuse, and depression/anxiety. Also the relationship between the Valkyries was so beautiful and caused me to cry on multiple occasions. 

While other ACOTAR books depict trauma, vulnerability and healing, I feel those conversations were always overshadowed by the overarching plot. On the flip-side, ACOSF sacrifices complexity in the plot for deeper character development. 

At the end of the day, I adored ACOSF. I believe, Nesta’s story is really one of healing and forgiveness towards one’s self.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Rape

breezus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

meresbooks's review

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Blood, Classism, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

calpal90's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Miscarriage, Blood, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Violence, Self harm, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Alcohol