Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Elitas by Kiera Cass

52 reviews

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

Book two is down to the six girls on this royal dystopian bachelor show. But does America even want the prince? Does she want the crown?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Death, Gore, War, Blood, Classism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

izzy_grace2010's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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: Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and War

Minor: Cursing

musen_henning's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

madkatrob's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Moderate: War, Death, and Blood

thegazillionthreader's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a reread, I loved the series in high school the first time. Can’t say I’m as engrossed now but tastes change. But this is still fun and great if you enjoy dystopian and The Bachelor. It reminds me a lot of the parts in Hunger Games where they do the interviews and stuff before the games. If they’re still adapting it into a TV show like I heard they were, I will definitely be watching! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

r_clark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Child abuse

natalie_j's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

Well written, easy read.  The more I read, the less I like the main characters (the maids will always have my heart though)<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Violence, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Trafficking, Miscarriage, and Infertility

kingangie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: War, Death, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage and Child death

agiecummings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Again, this is a book I have read literally countless times. But I am re-reading it in 2023 and actually taking the time to write my review out.

This is a 4.5⭐️ read for me, but it is SO CLOSE to a 5, and it only suffers from the fact that America starts to piss you off a little with her attitude towards Maxon and I think this book would really benefit from a dual POV so you could know what he was thinking. Because you start to think her reasoning is correct, even though in reality he fully loves her. And I think that probably is an accurate reflection of feelings of people in this situation (basically being cast on The Bachelor), but it’s so frustrating to have ONLY that perspective.

Similarly, I think we gloss over the king hurting his son too quickly. I just need to name that those actions make the king heinous and I’m glad he gets killed in Book 3, there I said it.

Finally, the scene in the safe house/hideaway is one of my fave scenes in a book ever. Only slightly topped by a scene in Book 3, which I’ll discuss once I’ve re-read. But I love how romantically Maxon is written and I love how much these two actually love each other.

Book 2 is still fab because you finally have America realizing that Aspen isn’t what she actually wants, and there’s nothing better than that: knowing that she’s here for Maxon and they’ve simply ✨got✨ to end up together. ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

meredithamadee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse