Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

125 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-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

3.0

I found myself a bit bored with this one. Yrene really carried the whole book for me and I just kept wanting to come back for her. Chaol kept making progress in his emotional development then backtracking which was a bit frustrating. There’s lots of important information that is revealed in this book but I’m really glad I read it in tandem with EOS because I would’ve struggled to get through it otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Drug use

jessikarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

annabeth_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Racism and Pregnancy

caelfind's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

readwithde's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I've always had a soft spot for Chaol, and it was cathartic to read through his emotional and physical healing. I appreciated how his injury/disability was handled: as something to work through and around, not a problem to be solved. His "sleuthing" with Yrene to find answers was fun, and I liked that this warrior still had trouble dealing with all the politics.

But the reason I loved this book so much is Nesryn's story. It was refreshing to have a BIPOC FMC with so many connections and interesting characteristics not become the "love interest" side character for Chaol's MC.

I love that she chose herself over their relationship, and she chose to fight in her own way for help and answers in this war. Also, I love her being with Sartaq.

She made meaningful choices, had interesting adventure and action sequences, and came away with arguably the most important hidden information in the series:

Maeve's false identity and purpose in Erilea.

I read this book in tandem with Empire of Storms, and I think both books benefited from that choice. It helped the narrative flow well, giving the reader time to react to both sides, as well as balancing the heavy action of Empire of Storms with the lore of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

theoceanrose's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

soos14'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

emmerylynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Did a tandem read with Empire of Storms with made the reading experience so much better! Not as much action packed, but offered a deep exploration of how the mind works in the healing process. Absolutely magical! It also set up so many explanations to the lore of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious 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

This is by far one of my favorite books in the series. I was skeptical because I haven’t been a Chaol fan and even after, he’s still not my favorite. But, I loved getting to meet so many new characters I did enjoy. 

Big surprise Chaol treated Nesryn like crap, but her relationship with Sartaq and her storyline was really great and a fun read. 

I liked Yrene’s character a lot too, and her story intertwining with the others after her encounter with Aelin so many books ago. 

I felt everything was wrapped up really nicely heading into the final book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and War