Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

172 reviews

lauriehittle_2012's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

yoursisterscanary's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexism, Death of parent, and War

lizziaha's review against another edition

1.5

I am not immune to bloodied women holding swords BUT SJM’s insistence on subjecting her female characters to unnecessary trauma is getting tiresome. I appreciated the idea that women don’t have to conform to the standards set by the patriarchy but that message was completely undermined

by the women being forced to compete in the men’s dick measuring contest and by some complete fucking miracle accomplishing a legendary task with nothing but a couple months of training under their belts

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The entire gang’s insistence on

not telling feyre that her pregnancy is going to kill her

left a sour taste in my mouth. They’re supposedly all about freedom and choice and yet, they deny this woman—their friend!!—bodily autonomy. It’s honestly so sickening.

And to punish nesta for it!! I understand that her delivery wasn’t the kindest way to do it, but they’re all acting like Nesta did something unforgivable when they’re the ones at fault. To know that Nesta considers herself unworthy of love and then to see the man who claims to love her, force her to a breaking point was infuriating to watch.

As always with SJM there’s soooo much potential and she squanders it blatantly. This book could have been Nesta’s redemption, but instead SJM’s falls back on the trusty old “she’s not actually a bad person, she just SEEMED like one.” And instead of actual character development, the “development” was just Nesta learning how to show her good side. Despite this 700+ page book solely about Nesta’s “journey” i felt like characters that we barely see had more complexity. SJM is taking more care with fuckign Eris of all people. Some people actually don’t need a redemption arc and the ones that do deserve the chance to actually redeem their horrible actions, not just save the day at the last minute. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

emilycfox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was great in the way a soap opera is great. The plot (in terms of the larger world’s politics and magic’s role in it) was almost incoherent, but the romance and friendship plots were fun, and I loved the FMCs arc (Nesta is by far the most complex and compelling character in this series now that Feyre and Rhys annoy the hell out of me).  

I enjoyed every minute of this book but also suspended the critical thinking part of my brain. When I turn it back on, all of the inconsistencies in characters, magic system, and world building and all the forced plot elements and holes are glaringly obvious. I’m really, really hoping that all these things are intentional and part of some big, elaborate plot that SJM is laying the groundwork for and that will all come together at the end of the series, but at this point that seems unlikely (even tho TOG has shown she’s capable of plotting and writing a great series!) I’d put my money on this just being bad writing and poor series planning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

erin_1406's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

highleyginger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

The first half of the book was... Mind numbing. My least favorite book. Once again, stubbornness to the point of self destruction runs heavy in this title.

Part 1 chapter 18 start of 19 event should have happened on the bridge on solstice in A Court Of Frost and Starlight.

I understand that we have to weather Nesta's coldness but was it really necessary to paint the picture for ANOTHER 17 CHAPTERS?

My other issue with this book is that all of the sudden, everyone's character building went out the window, they felt alien and just wrong. I understand that this may be how Nesta sees them but we literally bridged the gap with Nesta and Feyre during the previous books, and Elain and Nesta were always close. It isn't like Rhys to be this... Shitty... He's always been well composed even when stressed.

I will say the second half of the book as Nesta bonds with her new chosen friends and begins opening up with them, and them with her, that's when things get good. There is good character growth with Nesta in this portion. This book is worth the read if only for that even if this is my least favorite in the series and that includes the first book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Tigger warning for still birth.

A still birth happens in this book. The baby is "resuscitated" through magic, but a mother who's gone through this may find this very triggering.

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Toxic friendship

jujunutberry's review against another edition

4.5

Can't say I was expecting this book to be completely about regaining your power and healing after intense trauma, but here we are. It was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Alcohol

dano1392's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape