Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

595 reviews

bookwormlily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

Honestly, I thought this book would be hard to read for me. I loved Feyre and got quite attached to her. And since this book is from Nesta’s perspective, it is quite different. But I really liked it. If you’ve ever had any mental health issues, you might find your struggles in Nesta’s struggles… I did and it was very validating. Overall the story doesn’t progress that much, it does deal with how a lot of us struggle with an internal invisible darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Violence, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: War, Torture, Self harm, and Pregnancy

jesslolsen's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Torture, and Murder

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

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Rape, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

matchstickdarling's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

4.0

By far the best of the series. There's actual chemistry between the two main characters and their personalities are much more present. Also the smut levels are just excellent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

thomasvd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

tegan_watts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Murder, War, Rape, and Sexual content

intellectualchar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 assault, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Rape

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

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Cursing, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and War