Reviews tagging 'War'

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

156 reviews

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sallie_ees's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and War

phoricho's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

The ONLY reason I did not give this book a 5 star rating is because the majority of the book was very slow. Of course in Sarah J Maas fashion, the last 100 pages were INSANE!!! I was literally talking out loud to myself because I was in such disbelief. There was NO WAY I could have predicted what happened in the end. I have to read the last part of Tower of Dawn in order to finish the tandem read, but WOW. What another great installment in the Throne of Glass series. All I can say is screw Lorcan and Maeve!!! Aelin is the strongest character I have EVER known in any series, and that is an understatement. I cannot even imagine what SJM has in store for the last bit of TOD and Kingdom of Ash!!!!! WOW!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookboyfriend's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So good so good so good. Pure rush of awesome epic feelings. Also Lorcan, wha....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and War

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i did this as part of a tandem read with Tower of Dawn, and i highly recommend doing it that way. there were some boring parts at the beginning and in the middle but then once it started it didn’t stop. 

so much happens with Aelin and her court with the war against erawan. a lot of twists and turns of who is involved in the war, what side they are on, and what they are fighting for. 

part of me hates and loves that there is a massive cliff hanger at the end of this, but thats also why the tandem read makes it better. i now only have 10 chapters left of tower of dawn, as opposed to having the entire book left to read until kingdom of ash. 

this book was crazy and definitely stressed me out, but in a good way because that just goes to show how much i actually care about the characters and what happens to them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Confinement

annabeth_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emmacartlidge's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and War