Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

29 reviews

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

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Toxic relationship, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, War, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

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

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

ursimae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Misogyny, Addiction, Abandonment, Confinement, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Classism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexism, and War

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

By far my fav of this series. I appreciate so much how this book deals with processing trauma, self-loathing, and facing the darkness within. Very spicy though. Far more than the rest of the books

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

jaelaheath's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

2.0

I either LOVE sjm books or don’t like them. I didn’t like this book. Hot take, I know.

First I want to talk about the few things that I really liked about this book…

Nesta. I hated Nesta before this book, and while her perspective doesn’t justify some of the things that she has done, it makes sense. Like the whole situation with their childhood and her resentment towards her father, mwah. Her character growth and realizing that she is not the mistakes she has made, i have grown to honestly love her.

The house, I think it is absolutely beautiful that Nesta

Spoiler

a death god of sorts

brings the house to life. And the fact that sjm included the darkness in the house, it was so poetic and beautiful.

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the rite, I liked the dynamic of fortified female friendship, the girls showing how badass they’d trained to become, and the sacrifices they made for each other. First friendship ever fully developed in this series in my opinion

And thats it. Literally.

Now for what I HATED.

The sex scenes were literally jump scares, Nesta always compares his dick to a sword?? At one point she literally describes their sex as impaling herself.. I’m sorry please it was so bad. My vagina literally sewed itself shut reading that. SJM needs an anatomy class too I’m pretty sure because the way she describes breasts… you’d think she doesn’t have any of her own. Not to mention, that it did not make sense. One second Cassian would say “I love Nesta, she destroyed me” the next scene he was saying “her ass is on display for me” to telling her that everyone hates her?? Like Jesus, pick one. Are you in love with her, is she an object, or do you hate her? So poorly written.

Also, SJM is SO bad at writing villains, the villain was boring, flat, and pointless. Every female villain she rights is exactly this, so sooooooo boring. And then every male villain? A rapist. Why are there so many rapists in this world? (I know it’s kind of accurate, but seriously get more creative)

And her hero’s??????????? Almost worse. She creates these beautiful powers and women who are so badass and powerful and then she just rips it away before it’s even good. Like Amren??

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and Nesta, develops her powers and learns to hone her strength and be selfless, and then just gives it away?? I get saving Feyre after Feyre has done so much to save Nesta BUT, the one things “the mother” gives her back is an Illyrian birth canal? Spare me.

I just want to see one powerful woman stay a powerful woman.

Rhysand… god this book RUINED rhysand for me. He’s so “I love women’ and letting them make choices” but then

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literally withholds important medical information from Feyre about the fact that her baby could literally kill her?? And then basically threatens to kill Nesta for telling her??

So so bad, and he’s just straight up a “moody bastard” as described. A straight up dick.

In fact the entire inner circle pissed me off in this book. Hopefully Nesta is just an unreliable narrator but they were all such dicks omg. Even Cassian the “love interest”.


SJM is so predictable with her endings it’s TIRING.

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Yet another ending where there are no real consequences, no one of any importance actually dies, so no I will never believe that any one is going to stay dead in these damned books. It’s not that I want the characters to die, but God don’t put them in dire circumstances time and time again if you are never going to kill anyone. If Nesta had sacrificed her life for Emerie and Gwyn or for Feyre and the baby, this would’ve been so much better

Anyways this book was bad. And had far too many pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Sexual content, Murder, Gore, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, and Death of parent

kskye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

stitchof's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexism, Rape, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, War, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Blood