Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Wenn ein Stern erstrahlt by Sarah J. Maas

13 reviews

mariadanna's review against another edition

The most god awful book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Slavery, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

katbsc's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

SARAH, WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body horror, Colonisation, Child abuse, and Child death

alite428's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

kerttuli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I'm sure this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but... this book wasn't good. Same elements as all her other books. I’m so cranky. I think I have to read the next one because of the ending. I have read all of her published novels to date and I keep asking myself why I keep reading... maybe it's because I keep hoping it wont dissolve into garbage. I liked the first one, so I picked this up and was ready to give it a try.

I still struggle with SJM's reliance on the "copy/paste" style of writing  (the reliance on the same archetypes, tropes, and phrases, iykyk). I got really far in and nothing major had happened. The events didn’t have weight. It lacked any drive forward. There was so much that could have been cut from this book. No reason it needed to be around 800 pages.  The last 150 pages were slightly more interesting. I kept wishing something would get better because I liked the first book in each of her series. But they all seem to devolve into copy/paste fae "porn" with a bit of a plot line. Same story, different font. Also, the "mate" crap is beyond old and SO repetitive 🤮. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, War, Slavery, Torture, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Trafficking, Rape, and Grief

Minor: Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, War, Genocide, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Cursing, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Grief

tea_rea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Slavery, War, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

manoncrochan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Confinement, War, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Trafficking, Pregnancy, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Medical content

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Violence, War, Blood, Police brutality, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Gore, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Child death, Cannibalism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

fireinherveinzz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I really hope she didn’t just connect this story to ACOTAR I was enjoying this one …
Also what the fuck was that plot twist towards the end .
Maas seems to like throwing all the action towards the end and it’s gets really confusing . Also I really hate the fated mates thing . Hunt and Bryce chose each other CANT that be enough.. she hates her fae heritage like why would it make sense for her to be princess / queen now either .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Rape

hazelmort's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

1. The foreshadowing was so heavy handed that I knew about one of the twists halfway through the book.

2. It's still kinda weird to me how centuries old beings act like teenagers.

3. Everyone's been freaking out about the ending but I have a feeling you have to read ACOTAR to get it and I haven't lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Moderate: Violence, Death, Torture, and War

Minor: Trafficking, Grief, Genocide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery