Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

67 reviews

acourtofstarsandsapphire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

An incredible ending to an incredible series. Finishing this series I feel satisfied with the wrap up of each character's storyline. I have no lingering questions and the ending that each character receives feels fitting and exactly how it should be. 

I'm leaving this series proud of the accomplishment of reading all 5000+ pages of it and this book in particular is leaving me feeling hopeful. It's absolutely a tear-jerker for many reasons, so be prepared for that!

I couldn't believe it, before I finished this series, when people would say that they liked this series more than A Court of Thorns and Roses. Well, I'm one of those people now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, and Abandonment

merrow'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A very good finale, although the start was let down by following on from the previous book’s cruelly horrific cliffhanger. Nevertheless, it picked up very quickly and gave all the great characters fitting stories to use and deepen them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The final battle between good and evil 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Pregnancy

amethystbutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I really loved the book. It gave me hope. It was beautiful yet heartbreaking story of a bunch of people who fight their way to home and freedom. Perfect book for fantasy lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

gmckenna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

My only complaint was that this book was so long. But I understand it needed to tie up all the loose ends. So beautifully written and the perfect end to a great series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Death of parent

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My name is Hailey Friggin Williams.

And I will not be afraid…. 

CAUSE IVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED READING THROUGH THE SJM UNIVERSE AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH IT😭

Holy shit monkeys. WOW. Just… wow…. 

I feel like I adored all of the SJM sagas but Throne of Glass really got me feeling lots of feelings. It was a slow burn love story between me and the series because it started off being real meh and turned into one of my all time fav series. I loved it. Seriously. I’m gonna force anyone who will listen to me to read it. 

Onto Kingdom of Ash in particular: 

This finale was epic. So much heart was put into it and the war and chaos and grief aspects were beautifully done. For a series with a crazy amount of characters, all of their stories were all lovingly ended and tied with a bow. Even Aedion, whom I shan’t punch. (I’ve forgiven his antics) 

The sense of peace and hope this book ended with… TEARS!!! So many tears were shed throughout, though. And even though I believe the ending was perfect I STILL WANT MORE DAMMIT! 

I want an entire epilogue book that’s written 10 years in the future cause I wanna check on everybody and see how they’re all doing! They deserve a happy book like ACOTAR got with frost and starlight. 

In conclusion, I’m gonna miss these characters very very much. 

Anywho, I’m distraught. Bye. ✌️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Colonisation

amber_lfor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I would rate it higher if I could...I feel this is the best book in the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail