Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

58 reviews

kayladakoala's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

One of my favorite fantasy series I’ve read so far. Feels very unique and new with some familiar elements or themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

hayhaywils's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.75

Bare with it because it is a slow burn but the pay off is really good. A really strong mix of characters but found the pace a little inconsistent. Felt the last part (most interesting was compressed into the last third of the book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror and Body shaming

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

madi_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bittersweet5004's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Entertaining. I’m looking forward to the rest of the storyline and adventure. Overall kind of predictable and the main character is a little insufferable but still likable. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Physical abuse

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Child death

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Child death

ananya_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. However, there are a couple of plot inaccuracies

- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.

Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nin3423's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is all about world building and preparing for the second book, it seems. I was hoping for more of what the last 1/4th of the books story showed. It didn’t meet the expectations of what people were telling me about this book. I did like the characters and the descriptions of the world are very detailed. I personally felt it was very cringy for the first half and then gave me what I was expecting for the second. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War