Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

50 reviews

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

Empire of Storms feels like the start of a sequel series: the stakes are so much higher, and the setting stretches across the continent. The cast of characters grows, and I found myself excited for different POVs.

I felt like Aelin's path was so jarring and chaotic at the beginning of the book, but by the end

after seeing her "fetch quest" of speaking with Brannon, securing Skull's Bay, and seeking the Lock and Elena

her journey made much more sense.

Lysandra, Elide, and Manon shone brightly in this book; I was happy to see each of them step fully into their potential.

Elide and Lorcan had some of the best action and storylines. Every time it cut back to them, I had to keep reading.

As nice as it was to have so many other POVs, I would have loved a bit more Aelin. She controlled many of the plot twists, and I would have loved a bit of extra foreshadowing or even just getting to see her thought process. 

I did read this in tandem with Tower of Dawn; I feel like both books benefited from that system, getting extra action in this book to balance the extra lore in Tower of Dawn. I highly recommend reading these together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Gore, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Slavery, Animal death, Physical abuse, War, and Suicide attempt

clursternhop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

3.5

I think I liked this one more than some of the others, not the best one tho. Maybe that'll change as I read on but I found the new POVs nice and I liked when characters were more spread across the world. More classic "Aelin did shit in the background that you don't find out until later" nonsense, but at least I saw the "Nameless" one coming.

Also, lol, so much sex compared to any of the other books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, War, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Death, Ableism, and Confinement

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

I read this in Tandem with Tower of Dawn. And I am SOOO glad I did! If I had to read TOD between this book & KOA, I would have died! & not enjoyed TOD, cause I’d be obsessing over what’s gonna happen with the characters in this book!
This book was sooo good! I love being able to read from all the different characters POV’s. 
I love all the couples & am so thoroughly enjoying them to settle in with eachother. The dynamics between the different couples are just amazing!! But Aelin & Rowan are still my favorite! 
But, all the revelations at the end, I AM NOT OKAY WITH THEM!!! This story really can’t end the way it’s leading to!! There has to be another way! I am not okay with that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Murder, Torture, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Confinement

kathrynok's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

erafact's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.75

Did a Tandem read

which i highly recommend because tower of dawn is alittle slow

, so this is for both "Empire of Storms" and "tower of dawn".  A great story that ends on a cliff hanger

that breaks your heart

there is so much left to do for there being only one book left im not sure how I feel about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Again: Did a Tandem read so some of this might be from "Empire of Storms" or "tower of dawn". A woman has a stillborn birth, and for the "failure" of that she is branded and left for dead. Another woman is whipped and imprisoned inside a box.

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Ableism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Body horror, Death of parent, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Genocide, Child death, and Rape

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, War, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Vomit

laura_nel13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, War, Confinement, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.5

This book feels more mature than the preceding ones which I appreciate, but it also drags on forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Confinement, War, and Torture

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