Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

37 reviews

lizziethebookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, and Colonisation

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Pedophilia

lancy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

it was enjoyable but quite slow pace,

but the part were hunt tried to save Bryce really got me wanting to cry

and the part were they cut his wings aka Micah hate him btw i cried my balls out omg ahhhh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Slavery, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.25

This collection of stories about Calaena before the Throne of Glass events was harder to get through than I thought, and I think it’s because I knew the eventual outcome for both Calaena and Sam 😭 I really enjoyed the second and third stories though. I saw the “twist” of whose to blame from a mile away and felt like this grouping of prequel stories didn’t add a lot to the series as a whole, but gave me more time with Calaena’s character. I was really hoping for more info about the HUGE spoiler revealed at the end of Crown of Midnight, but all we got was an allusion to Calaena keeping secrets about her past 👀 So while I enjoyed this read, it didn’t meet my expectations in a couple ways. I am excited to get back into the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Abandonment

mangofraiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

breathehopebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

leeorburton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I think I would have enjoyed this book a lot more if I had read it before Throne of Glass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Excrement, and Alcohol

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, and Trafficking

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this book fourth in the series and I’m so glad I did because I caught a bunch of references and it was so emotional.

It was nice to go back and see how Celaena started after seeing how much she’s grown in the first three books. She was immature and impulsive and her actions in the first book make so much more sense. 

I did think some parts of the book were a bit slow but the emotional hit is so impactful.

I loved Sam and hated Arobynn. I constantly just felt so bad for Celaena. These novellas were great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, and Alcohol

firehearttt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Alcohol