Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

105 reviews

orakuruno's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

Absolutely loved the character growth and life lessons, I do wish there were a few more quiet casually intimate moments between Cassian and Nesta though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content

Minor: Classism, Torture, Cursing, Abandonment, and Child abuse

katierosecrane'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

5.0

This book is very similar to ACOMAF, but with Nesta in it. I might be scared to read some long books but not by SJM. 

I love a mental health troupe and Cassian and Nesta have an amazing love story. I appreciated that this book wasn’t geared towards YA audience. It made the themes hit harder and the parallelism to ACOMAF showed that.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Self harm, Sexism, War, Child death, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Mental illness, and Murder

l0053yn0053y's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

2.0

I was able to get through the first 2 books of the ACOTAR series with ease because of how well the plot carried me through the story, I needed to know what happened next. The third and fourth I read at a reasonable pace because I was hoping it would get better. 
This was such a slow read! I had a hard time because I didn't really enjoy Nesta's character from the first 4 books and Cassian just didn't seem like he was a very dimensional character to begin with...he was a very stereotypical support character, the barbarian of the group. 

I will start with the good.

As Nesta works through her trauma she does face challenges that push her to become a respectful likeable character as she realizes her true worth. I think it showed a wonderful character development on her end. But how that development comes about...it just all felt very forced. I felt like all of the characters were very 2-dimensional besides Nesta. The plot was a bit sloppy and very rushed at the end....the sex scenes just seemed to be added to spice up the plot but it didn't make sense nor was it a healthy way for both Nesta and Cassian's characters to help with her healing...it just didn't flow as the first 2 books did. It also seemed a bit of a repeat of the second book just with more focus on the training side....and my biggest gripe with this book is HOW THE FUCK CAN THEY HEAL A MAN WITH GUTS HANGING OUT OF HIM BUT THEY CANNOT PERFORM A CESARIAN PREGNANCY??? This was the biggest issue I had as it was supposed to be the big conflict where the story turns but I just found it so ridiculous. I also knew that none of the characters would die so I didn't care....I was hoping just for it to be some poetic justice that Nesta might sacrifice herself and save Feyre and Nyx or something drastic...but similar to the third one, the ending was rushed, everyone nearly died, but everyone was saved in the end...go team! Then when Cassian and Nesta realize they were mates just felt so underwhelming and glossed over....Then the bonus chapters I wish hadn't been included because Azriel just seemed all out of character and there hasn't been any growth/development that the reader has seen so it just didn't seem like the right place and time to introduce that side of the story. I really hope she wraps up the Az/Elain/Lucien triangle and Feyre fucking follows up on her promise to Vassa...how long is that temporary release? I bet when the characters return it won't be long...Maas has to build the tension somehow...

I was absolutely in love with this series but have slowly had my appreciation shifted to losing it as the plot line has gotten sloppy and so have the characters....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Alcohol, Addiction, and Pregnancy

itsmelaurenc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I had my reservations but I’m so glad I stuck it out, prob one of my favorites of the whole series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Addiction, Murder, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Child death, and Rape

smackeykennedy37's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child death, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment

clairejoanmarie's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, War, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

grayb14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Blood, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

saintxkathryn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Nesta‘s story was a compassionate reminder of my own journey in processing and learning to live after many years of trauma and grief. Some of the biggest themes revolved around learning to forgive yourself and learning that many of the things you might blame yourself for, were not your fault in the first place (in a context of surviving trauma and/or abuse). I took comfort in noticing the parallels between Nesta’s and her friends’ healing journeys and my own. This book was actually pretty cathartic for me. Of course, the fantastical elements of the novel were highly entertaining and kept me reading. Maas‘ talent for vivid descriptions and detailed world building make it hard to put this book down. I look forward to her coming works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Misogyny, Child death, Confinement, and Addiction

Minor: Kidnapping

caitlinspeachyreads's review

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Rape, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Sexism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body horror, Grief, Sexual harassment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Child abuse, Gore, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Medical trauma

artemisd6's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

Moderate: War and Racism

Minor: Child death