Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

122 reviews

brynn_books's review against another edition

4.0

I was a little hesitant to read this book at first but I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed this book more than I thought I was going to. I loved seeing a new perspective in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual content

aharper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

2.75

there was a lot in this book that i loved, i love how it felt similar to the earlier books in the series, and i loved reading chaol’s pov, but i felt like it was wayyyy too long - there was so much unnecessary detail (especially at the start) that i really struggled to finish it :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

ohgull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Violence, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, and War

Minor: Suicide and Murder

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

For as much as Chaol isn’t my favorite character, I did enjoy this book! However, I do recommend doing the tandem read with Empire of Storms so you get the stories simultaneously. It’s a large undertaking but so worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

jennagrant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

spredmore'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and War

gracegeeks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

i was initially bored by this book because it is a SLOW one but i found so much joy, peace, and hope in its pages. the representation is incredible and so close to my heart and the world-building absolutely shines 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

When I realized that Tower of Dawn was about Chaol instead of Aelin and crew, I was not excited. I put it down in favor of a few other books and ignored it for days at a time. Honestly it wasn’t until around page ~200 when I really got into it. Luckily I pushed through and actually enjoyed it! 

As a last ditch effort, Chaol and Nesryn hope to find an alliance with the powerful Khagan kingdom in Antica—and heal Chaol’s broken body at the Torre Cesme too. 

We meet a whole host of new, fierce characters that allow for a total change of pace compared to the other books in the series. Slower paced, yes, but in a good way. And even though this was a side story, a lot of its big reveals will most definitely return with a vengeance in the last book of the series. Can’t wait to see how SJM wraps all of this up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism