Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Kingdom of Ash, by Sarah J. Maas

9 reviews

sdemo08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Whew. I got a little worried toward the end and wasn't sure if I could finish. There were so many plot points to keep up with and I felt like every couple of pages was some sort of mind-boggling plot twist, martyrdom, or marathon between characters racing to the finish before their clock stopped. Ultimately I liked it but I'm glad it's over.

[Fire on "black currant" crocheted blanket]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Sexual assault, War, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Gaslighting, Genocide, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

cisforcookie88's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Torture, and Violence

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Child abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Vomit, Classism, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Violence

signebrum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

This is the kind of conclusion you want to and 8-books series.
Almost a thousand pages, and at no point does it seem slow-paced.

Spoiler

This book has a lot of war. It can’t really surprise anyone, but as someone who isn’t the biggest fan of battle-scenes, this book is quite heavy on them. That said, the action is written nice, and you can follow what happening quite well. 

The series as a whole deserves the hype it gets! ToG and CoM are a little slow, but from Heir of Fire it takes of, and I’d argue Heir of Fire is only as good as it is because of the ground work and world building laid out in the first 2 books.
I was quite surprised feeling nostalgic for the early books reading Kingdom of Ash. Sooo much has happened to the poor characters!

Over all, a great series, with a final book worthy of all its predecessors!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Pregnancy

mirroball's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Grief

helpme71's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

SO MANY EMOTIONS! Such a good series and I am sad to see it go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal death, Torture, Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Cursing

chloe_covell_'s review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Okay so wow? I have the read this series over the course of a few weeks and I have to say it’s definitely worth the read! The characters at the end connect in such a unique way that it creates this perfect dynamic between love and loyalty. I definitely recommend this series for any fantasy lovers. 

I would read ACOTAR first personally as ACOTAR connects better emotionally to characters. ToG biggest flaw in my option was how long it took for characters to really form a connection, but ACOTAR does it perfectly. Acotar also connects better to the fea side of characters and goes more into detail so if you read that series first you might understand the fea world a bit better AND get the Easter Egg that is in this book (also for Crescent City, which I haven’t read, but I caught the Easter egg)

Overall 4.5/5 
Series: 8/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, War, Blood, Torture, Violence, Gore, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Cursing

emilyellen07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

Moderate: Pregnancy and Kidnapping

dragonworshipcult's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

• 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

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Vomit