Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

189 reviews

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Ableism, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

elizabethortiz96's review

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

4.0

Okay...that was a lot. 
Overall I loved this book. I felt like Nesta's journey was written so well and took so much time - like it was really great how it wasn't too easy, it really showed her progress and setbacks repeatedly, which felt realistic. Also her and cassian - yum. But then all of a sudden it was like she realized she'd written 680 pages and suddenly had to wrap it up and then crammed everything into the last 70 pages. There's so much left unresolved - like the entire autumn court, Tamlin, the rumbling war... like I need her to write more asap. Also as much as I loved the story, I missed hearing about Rhys, Feyre, and the rest of the people in the central group. I wish it'd been more balanced. 
Having said all that I feel like the majority of the book was brilliant, which is why I gave it 5 stars - just an unsatisfying ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Torture, Sexual content, War, and Grief

bookwormlily's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Honestly, I thought this book would be hard to read for me. I loved Feyre and got quite attached to her. And since this book is from Nesta’s perspective, it is quite different. But I really liked it. If you’ve ever had any mental health issues, you might find your struggles in Nesta’s struggles… I did and it was very validating. Overall the story doesn’t progress that much, it does deal with how a lot of us struggle with an internal invisible darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Violence, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: War, Torture, Self harm, and Pregnancy

jesslolsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Torture, and Murder

orakuruno's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Absolutely loved the character growth and life lessons, I do wish there were a few more quiet casually intimate moments between Cassian and Nesta though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content

Minor: Classism, Torture, Cursing, Abandonment, and Child abuse

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

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

rosiem1998'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Violence, and Torture

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Torture

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Kidnapping

maddyford's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Look, I’m not gonna lie, when I found out that this book was going to be centred around Nesta, I wasn’t sure I was going to like it that much. I didn’t feel like I could root for her initially, probably because she reminded me of someone in my life who hurt me. However, she totally grew on me, I grew to understand her more and I really loved the journey she went on. I felt emotional about it all really.
I already loved Cassian and this book just made me understand and love him more. 
Only criticism really is that the ending felt rushed. It was kind of a slower read for me compared to the other books but the last few chapters - SO MUCH HAPPENED! I would’ve maybe liked less stairs and more depth on these later chapters but really I’m just being picky. A really emotional, dark, inspiring and contemplative addition to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent