Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

49 reviews

jmdressel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

surprisingly, this is probably my least favorite book of this series so far. it seemed very repetitive and i’ve enjoyed having small parts of the main character’s past experience revealed little by little. for me, i think reading extensively about a character’s past can feel like it boggs down the present writing portions. looking forward to getting back into the meat of the story! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and War

eleek0609'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

poppyskills's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Read this 3rd in the series for sure, it adds many levels to Sardothiens character, it’s worth the exposition and pulling through the other books. Personally, I really liked finding out her history after having met her as a person in Throne of Glass, and don’t really understand how someone can read this first  

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsjburgin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

nikkic66's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Torture, and Grief

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

A great series of adventurous short stories to add some depth and backstory to the characters of celaena sardothien and arobynn Hamel. The first few stories feel more like separate adventures, lower stakes. Then the last two chapters/short stories are much higher stakes, impacting the wider story. A lot of fun to read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation