Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

85 reviews

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My name is Hailey Friggin Williams.

And I will not be afraid…. 

CAUSE IVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED READING THROUGH THE SJM UNIVERSE AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH IT😭

Holy shit monkeys. WOW. Just… wow…. 

I feel like I adored all of the SJM sagas but Throne of Glass really got me feeling lots of feelings. It was a slow burn love story between me and the series because it started off being real meh and turned into one of my all time fav series. I loved it. Seriously. I’m gonna force anyone who will listen to me to read it. 

Onto Kingdom of Ash in particular: 

This finale was epic. So much heart was put into it and the war and chaos and grief aspects were beautifully done. For a series with a crazy amount of characters, all of their stories were all lovingly ended and tied with a bow. Even Aedion, whom I shan’t punch. (I’ve forgiven his antics) 

The sense of peace and hope this book ended with… TEARS!!! So many tears were shed throughout, though. And even though I believe the ending was perfect I STILL WANT MORE DAMMIT! 

I want an entire epilogue book that’s written 10 years in the future cause I wanna check on everybody and see how they’re all doing! They deserve a happy book like ACOTAR got with frost and starlight. 

In conclusion, I’m gonna miss these characters very very much. 

Anywho, I’m distraught. Bye. ✌️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Torture, Pregnancy, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, War, Animal death, and Violence

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, and War

Moderate: Infertility, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Colonisation and Animal death

hitheremynameislisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Ouch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, War, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Death of parent

amber_lfor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I would rate it higher if I could...I feel this is the best book in the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Trafficking, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, War, and Slavery

spatterson7'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Animal death, Violence, Confinement, Murder, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Slavery, Alcohol, and Self harm

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, War, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Torture

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

kelread's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This is a commentary/rating on the series itself, not just this book (which is roughly 500 pages too damn long): I don't get the hype. There are so many threads, so many arcs, character development is borderline contrived, some romantic relationships between characters baffling, and there are just. so. many. plotlines. and too. many. words. And good lord does Maas love to write a torture scene which is 100% not my jam.

TBH, I finished it out of spite.  

Diehard SJM fans will (and do love this). 

Fans of ACOTAR...it's a 50/50 chance and it's worth noting that there's not much spice (or, really, spark).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Blood

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Sexual content

shannah_gone_bananas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Slow read. The latter part of this book series was hard to get through. I was finding I wasn’t reaching for these books at all. I wanted to know the conclusion so I am happy I held on. The ending was worth it. But it was difficult. 
I think mostly due to the character shifts. There was so many characters she bounced between that it was hard to stay invested. Because as soon as I was invested it would shift to another character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, and Medical trauma