Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

17 reviews

maddinar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual violence

charley0796's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I read this before reading the throne of glass series and really enjoyed it. Such a heart breaking ending!
My main grievance is that it kept repeating key plot points every time someone was mentioned. It just felt repetitive.

I love how the character’s age and corresponding naivety/poor thinking was a weakness - though it doesn’t quite fit with her being the world’s deadliest assassin! But I guess they just do and don’t have to question what they’re sent for!

I also felt the main love interest was a bit flat - his whole personality was that and it came out of nowhere after all the jealousy. It also seemed like every male she interacted with was a potential love interest. It felt a bit much.


I’m looking forward to seeing how the rest of the series holds up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

snackykennedy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

katelynnelawson's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

Highly recommend you read this one earlier than I did - some time around Book 2-4 would be best! But it’s good backstory, and it was interesting learning about characters I already knew.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence, Slavery, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

I read this as the third book in the series, as the author recommends. 

I wasn't expecting to enjoy the prologue novellas as much as I did, but it built a compelling portrait of Celaena's character that also filled in some of her less understandable traits in the first two books. The romance plot in this book is far more compelling and believable than those in the other two books, and I hope this is a sign that the romance arcs will continue to mature as the series progresses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence and Vomit

lealeaogrady's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Good start to the series! Great character development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Vomit

livcanread's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit

dcnireads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

a great introduction to the worldbuilding and to Celaena's character, her story, and her motivations. Got quite tragic at the end, and sometimes it was dragging a bit, but it is a prequel and not part of the main series so im cutting it some slack, would be four stars, but the emotional damage was enough to take it down a notch. RIP Sam. Sarah J Maas you will pay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence