Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

13 reviews

jls6283's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I really like this series and am very invested in the characters. 

Some things felt a little drawn out, but they were worth the ending…

Sometimes the emotional whiplash and indecision from these characters annoys me, but then again… they are 19-25 year olds (minus Rowan 😅) 

I’m going to say something that is an unpopular opinion 😅 (spoilers ahead)

Chaol is not wrong for being skeptical of magic. He’s literally trying to save Dorian from a king who hoarded all the magic for himself and he wants to make sure there are power checks so that something like this doesn’t happen again. He knew that she held the entire city of Doranelle hostage for Maeve’s behavior, and he fears that the people of Adarlan - regardless of their feelings for the king - will all similarly suffer at Aelin’s hand. He’s the human voice of reason in this series…

Also Aelin is a bitch to him when she blames him for EVERYTHING that happened while she was gone, yet tells him “You do not get to blame me for that - for his (the king’s) actions.” I still love her and am rooting for her, but this was not it and she was truly unlikeable at the beginning of this book. Chaol gave up his entire life (as he should’ve) when he understood what was going on. He gets so much hate (from Aelin and fans of the series)

and I don’t get it 🫣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Miscarriage, Slavery, and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse and Classism

kristanjenkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

5.0

So good, I can’t even describe it. So much happened in this book and there were so chapter cliffhangers that wrecked me so much. Even though it didn’t have a huge cliffhanger at the end I wanted to start the next book(s) asap to continue the story because I love these characters (except maybe Chaol still, I hold a grudge hehe).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Classism

anguawolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Self harm, Cannibalism, and Classism

Minor: Stalking

kefredriksen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

5.0

My fav SJM book so far!! It really expands and goes so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

im_eebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

This book was just amazing. Everything picked up in the last book, and this one just ran with it in the best way possible. I have to give it 4.75 because I technically didn’t like it as much as Heir of Fire, but this is definitely one of my top reads ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

britwalsh16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I could not put this book down! Omg! It was sooooo good!!! 
Watching Aelin become who she was always meant to be & fight for her loved ones & what is right, is inspiring! The growth she has had since book 1 is in incredible! 
And the bromance between Chaol & Dorian is like my favorite bromance ever! Coming in second only to my bat boys. 
All the characters have incredible growth in this book! & I could go on about how much I love them all, but then this will get really long, so I won’t. 
But my favorite character is Rowan! & having him not being in the first third of the book gave me serious withdrawal! My heart just leaped out of my chest when he finally showed up! I was so ecstatic! I can’t wait to read more of him, & more of his relationship with Aelin! My heart! 💜 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

erafact's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Classism

bgay09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

There it is!!! It took about four books but the Throne of Glass Series has finally showed its SJM magic! I enjoyed the first few books but Queen of Shadows was everything I wanted from this story! It was fast paced, well written, characters are amazing, world building through the roof! I can't wait to see what comes next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism