Reviews tagging 'Death'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

103 reviews

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

nic025's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Emotionally exhausting but satisfying wrap up to an amazing series.

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

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

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

I feel like the action was a LITTLE uneven in terms of pacing HOWEVER a very satisfying end to the series (plz SJM let it be the end I leave these folks ALONE). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

catology's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

Throne of Glass is, and will forever be, Sarah J. Maas's best series. This was complete with so much joy, character development, genuine loss, belief that the odds will remain stacked against them, everything. There were multiple parts where I started to tear up like the last scene with the Thirteen, but ESPECIALLY

Spoiler

finding out that Erawan took the King of Ardalan's name, and finding out that he remembered it only once, and it was when he held Dorian for the first time. TEARS. I love that SJM had the King make a reappearance, and Dorian finally got some sort of closure with him. It was really sincere to see him as the father he might have been.

Spoiler

 

I also love that Aelin got to be happy in the end, I think that's all she deserved after everything. SJM excels at writing emotional arcs, and I really enjoy how she didn't shy away from Aelin's deep, deep depression after her torture with Maeve. It tied in so well and harkened back to Heir of Fire in the best way possible. 

ANYWAYS, I could talk about this baby for ages, just please read it. I'm so sad it's over. But also

Spoiler

Rhysand cameo???? I knew about the multiverse theory but like,,, it feels REAL and I'm shook

 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, and Death

katsventures's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

This book deserves like 7 stars. It for sure was a grand finale to this serious and I will forever think about it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse