Reviews tagging 'War'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

92 reviews

ojone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Rape

chlo_po's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

An ending that does justice to this EPIC series. I cried like 45 times and just reveled in the way we got to say goodbye to these characters and their fated journey !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, and Torture

kristalll151's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: War, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Pregnancy

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, War, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Violence

vanessabrown's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, Cursing, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Animal death

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

Solid ending to a long series. The pace of the book is slow which is on brand and war/battle scenes mostly bore me, but I enjoyed the wide range of POVs and found a few of the plot developments very moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Torture

Moderate: Grief and Sexual content

yilliun's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

I started reading when throne of glass was first published. It was very emotional for me as a reader to have finished this series. There are so many quotable moments that will stick with me. Maas calls back and connects so many different moments in the book, my favorite being “tell me tomorrow.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and War

Moderate: Sexual content and Confinement

tanvi45's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Injury/Injury detail

chaptersofamylea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

“To fight for what she promised us."
"And what was that?”
"A better world.”

5 ⭐️

It was an absolute joy to reread this series, even if I spent the majority of this book struggling to read with tears in my eyes and continuously blowing my nose (my septum ring fell out not once, but five times as a result). This, THIS, to me is a true fantasy series. High stakes, found family, action, tragedy and healing. The last few books to read almost like a TV series, its just so gripping. There’s so much character growth too and just seeing how all the books led up to this moment, and I personally thought it was done amazingly well.

God, I love this series so much. 

Maas mass reread continues, one series down, two to go. 

TWs: torture, war themes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War