Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

276 reviews

g_monaghan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

I am an empty shell, a husk, a carved out bit of nothingness after the conclusion of this series. 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

khymihr's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Grief, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ali1311's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

What a finale! I really enjoyed this wrap up. There was so much ground to cover, and I liked the way it ebbed and flowed with action. My only thing is that I wished some of our troubled couples had to work a little harder to resolve their issues.

For them to just come close to death and then be forgiven felt a little too easy. I at least wish they'd spoken a bit more about their issues afterwards so it would've felt fully resolved.

And then I found some of the battle scenes repetitive.

How many times can a group of people almost die and then just barely not!?

But I really appreciated the themes and plotlines all coming to fruition here. Just reading this book makes you realize how much work it must've been to plot it, let alone write it! I know these characters and this story will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bdaigneault's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

kayjoy92's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.75

Loved this collection! My favorite so far from SJM!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

mrsseizetheday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I just finished it like 5 minutes ago and I'm still so emotional. I cried so hard! Like I can't remember the last time I cried that hard to get over a scene in a book! It took me over 20 minutes to recover.
I'm sad to say goodbye to them now as it feels like I have to say goodbye to my friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

madkatrob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

liss_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Pregnancy

cineladeras's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

smcrain's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

So... I don't know where I fall now having finished the series. There's a weird void, from this having been the last 3mo of my life, at the same time it suffers from what most endings suffer from in not living up to whatever expectations I had inadvertently setup in my head. Being aware of all that I'll say I still enjoyed it. I also kind of felt like the honeymoon phase with me and this series was coming to an end and I looked back and can see how many issues and plot holes there were. Did it stop me from enjoying the heck out of it though? Not really. Anyways the journey is at an end, and I enjoyed the ride. Is it going in my favorites? Not sure on that. I have some favorite moments and characters though. Lysandra is everything to me. But I seriously mostly read this series for a lot of the side characters if I'm honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Confinement, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail