Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

255 reviews

ali1311's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Do not read this if you value your soul!! Jesus Christ, the last of these stories was so, so sad. I do not know how to move on from the pain. It was sadistic to bring that story into the world, but I guess it was helpful in understanding Celaena and her life :/ Some of the earlier stories are a bit boring and slow for a bit, but they were still good. It was nice to see Celeana before Endovier and before so much of the pain in her life. It was, however, difficult to read that pain as it happened!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

SAM😭💔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Slavery, Alcohol, Death, Body horror, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

piyumya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

WHY DID U KILL SAM???😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Vomit

nikkic66's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Grief, Slavery, and Torture

mrsplace22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death, Slavery, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

allie_treacherousreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Confinement and Vomit

asimpson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I’m not really sure what to say about this book. It isn’t the type of book that ive read before, but I really enjoyed it. It kept me hooked the whole way through. I couldn’t stop thinking about what would happen next. Even though Celina is an assassin, she still feels like the good guy.  liked how her and Sam ended up together, and I almost cried when he died. Which makes me hate Arobyn even more. I don’t understand how someone could treat a person like that. But now I get the hype over Sarah J Mass books and I can’t wait to read the next one !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Torture, Bullying, Violence, War, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Emotional abuse

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Violence, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Drug use, Vomit, Death of parent, Cursing, and Excrement

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Vomit, Blood, Death, and Violence

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A great series of adventurous short stories to add some depth and backstory to the characters of celaena sardothien and arobynn Hamel. The first few stories feel more like separate adventures, lower stakes. Then the last two chapters/short stories are much higher stakes, impacting the wider story. A lot of fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Sexism, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, Confinement, and Vomit