Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

797 reviews

jules_belloni's review

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, War, Rape, Sexual assault, and Addiction

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Rape, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

thomasvd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

intellectualchar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Rape

katierosecrane's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This book is very similar to ACOMAF, but with Nesta in it. I might be scared to read some long books but not by SJM. 

I love a mental health troupe and Cassian and Nesta have an amazing love story. I appreciated that this book wasn’t geared towards YA audience. It made the themes hit harder and the parallelism to ACOMAF showed that.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Self harm, Sexism, War, Child death, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Mental illness, and Murder

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Cursing, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and War

syvanahlouise's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual assault, War, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Death and Death of parent

annenichols's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

Sorry, I did not like this one. For me, only books 1 and 2 have been worth reading so far (because 2 is actually good, and 1 is a prologue).

I have never liked Nesta as a character. She's a nasty, strongheaded sister in sort of a cliche way; her headstrong reactions in dangerous situations in the earlier books just aren't believable. I also haven't really found her lovable, although this book

redeems

her in a predictable way.

Feyre is  flatter in this book, in which she's less of a protagonist. Most of the characters are a bit flatter.

The idea of Nesta's character arc in this book has some interest and depth to it, but its execution just didn't do it for me. Too many parts had me cringing or rolling my eyes (the

love interest

, the

friendship bracelets

- really?). This book felt younger and less sophisticated, clunky in its overt attempt to have a strong female protagonist.

Some parts of the end were intriguing, mostly the

Blood Rite

. The final

birth

scene is also somewhat engaging.

I'll still read the next book because I'm kind of in it with the series at this point, and in the hopes that it's as good as the second book. I hope it's not about Elain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

rivierareads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

The only ACOTAR book that made me cry. Well-written with an interesting plot. I could not put this down

and this book definitely wins the best smut award for Nesta x Cassian

. The messages about hope sometimes felt a bit cheesy / over-the-top / in-your-face but it’s a nice message and not too constant. I guess my biggest complaint is that it felt like the plot was very elaborate and intriguing only for a lot of it to end up in a wash in the ends. But overall excellent, fun to read, with believable character development and relationships (SO important!).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, Violence, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Torture

elenalejandra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence