Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Das Reich der sieben Höfe - Flammen und Finsternis by Sarah J. Maas

412 reviews

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Slavery, War, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Classism, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

hleposa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

booitsbam's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

3.75

A lot better than the first book.
I was significantly less frustrated with the characters and overall plot, though I still have my qualms. 

I’m so glad we are away from Tamlin for the majority of the book, as I really did not like him in the first book and highly disliked his actions in the beginning of the second. I even extremely hate him for the last part of the book as well. I only really missed Lucien, but I was really surprised and upset by him a lot of the time he was in scene.

I really love all the new characters we’re introduced to from the Night Court; they all have their own motivations that feel realistic, but in our reality and a fantasy setting. They feel properly fleshed out for the most part. The relationships between each of them also feel plausible, along with how they came to be. 
The descriptions of the settings were pretty good and felt pretty immersive, especially since similar are often used in visual medias already so I could easily refer to something I’ve already seen to visualize the surroundings.
It’s not the best written thing I’ve read, but certainly a lot better than the first book, so that’s why I’ve rated it higher but not much higher than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Misogyny, Torture, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Vomit

toriibrooke33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault

kbarton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

readingdesi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I have not read a book this fast since high school (and never one this big). The scenes had me on the edge of my seat, feeling every emotion as if I was there myself. This was even better than the first book and the ending had me craving for answers. About to pick up acowar tomorrow because I CANNOT get enough of this series !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood

There are quite a few battle scenes as the main characters prepare for the impending war so fighting and blood is inevitable.

There are some detailed scenes talking about Rhysand's time being "Amarantha's whore" which consisted of a lot of sexual abuse

There are also descriptive sex scenes a couple times in the book outside of some forward sexual remarks.

hpbanana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Death, Blood, Confinement, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

jnterhune's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This will be my all time top favorite story. The hype is real. If you are thinking about reading just do it. I’m new to fantasy I could not put this down. The detail and character development and story is just so realist and mind blowing. I loved this plot and just ate it up. Beautifully written the story behind these characters is just amazing. Would rate it a million trillion starts. The amount of emotion I felt reading this. I tabbed so many parts I ran out of stickies. This is just an A+++++. Must read and will never stop thinking about these characters and their story. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, War, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, and Blood

Just still wow, can’t not even process how much I loved this. Read this with a friend because you will want someone to talk about the craziness of this story. Could not put down will stay up all night if your not careful. This story will always be in my brain and heart as I truly loved it.

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Blood, Kidnapping, and Sexual content