Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Trono de cristal by Sarah J. Maas

52 reviews

autumnalcreature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Violence, Genocide, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Grief

Minor: Colonisation and Classism

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Vomit, Sexism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Body horror, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Deportation, Genocide, Sexual content, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

abrataydabra's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Impeccable. This is my second time reading Throne of Glass and I love being able to catch things that I missed my first time through. It’s also so wonderful and depressing to experience Chaol and Celaena again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Colonisation

ursimae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Grief, Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, War, Child death, and Death of parent

violentpeach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gore, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Slavery, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: Vomit and War

perytonne's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, War, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Murder, Sexism, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Vomit

elleclair's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, Drug use, Physical abuse, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Animal death, and Misogyny

cabalus's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

0.25

The author is a Zionist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Gore, Child abuse, Hate crime, Death, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Torture, and Violence

erafact's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: War, Grief, and Genocide

MC is "rescued" from a slave labor camp in order to fight to compete for the corrupt king who is known for genocide and book burning in an attempt to remove magic from the world