Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

31 reviews

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Violence, and War

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Slavery

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual violence, Confinement, Grief, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Slavery

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I did the tandem read of this book & Tower of Dawn and enjoyed them immensely. Though this series started a bit slower than I typically like in a fantasy, I starting to really appreciate all the ways that SJM set up multiple plot points and characters early on in the series. The call backs to characters and situations from earlier books throughout Empire of Storms was really expertly done. The world building by the time you get to EOS is immense and I really was constantly on the edge of my seat during this book. The action was intense and the end a real cliffhanger.

This book reminds me in many ways of Empire Strikes Back and really beautifully sets up the final fight between good and evil and the battles that Aelin and her friends will have to wage to save the kingdom.

A really good book and I’m really looking forward to the final installment!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Slavery, War, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Colonisation

tupeloallie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, War, Cursing, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery, Gore, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, War, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

This book was so good, each book in the series just keeps getting better. The first half of the book was definitely a slow buildup but the ending is definitely worth it. I'm excited to see how this series wraps up in the last book.

Reading this one in tandem with Tower of Dawn was definitely a good way to take in the story for me. I would have been disappointed to have to read a whole other book in between this and the last book before the story progressed at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, War, Violence, Confinement, Body horror, Abandonment, and Torture

camerondeja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Kidnapping

adoptedbuttons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Slavery, and Kidnapping

jas_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? No

5.0

This was one of the best books I’ve ever read. The plot is genius and the bond between the characters is unmatched. I read this is tandem with Tower of Dawn. I highly recommend the tandem read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Kidnapping

infjkiki's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Body horror, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault