Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

139 reviews

lottiesmomma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-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

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Murder

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

This book made me laugh a bunch. I enjoyed this book bringing the characters together. The plot was my favorite out of the series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lilywolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

If you haven't read The Assassin's Blade, read it before this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

toris_in_her_own_world's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I think this might have been my favorite book in the series so far. So many plot lines converging. It always amazed me how Aelin just makes a plan and then… she does it. And succeeds. I mean this book is over 600 pages and is full of surprises that should have screwed up her plans but she still accomplished everything she planned to when she came from Wendlyn.

I was actually shocked when Arobynn was as killed. Like… he kind of was described as being invincible, and all in one night he was gone, just like that. AND. Aelin changed his will?!? Same thing with the King of Adarlan. Like she really just killed off two of her greatest enemies (for most of the series so far anyways) in like a month or something. Also the ROMANCE!!! The way Aelin describes Rowan’s smell as pine and snow through the whole book and then gets to Terrasen and realizes he literally smells like her home? 😩🗡️

I can’t wait to read the next books! As Manon Blackbeak says, 
“The world is changing. I just hope we survive it.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and War

carriehaley89's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

fedorkable's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

is this the book where everyone starts to hate chaol or was it before? cause i feel like he's FINE?? yeah he fights with aelin and makes some bad decisions/has bad reactions to things, but so does every other character. i think chaol's loyalty and devotion to dorian and just how strong their friendship is really shines in this book, cause you can tell how DISTRAUGHT chaol is the entire time thinking about dorian. plus he just straight up starts sobbing when he sees dorian is okay 😭 i love them
WHEN are rowan and aelin gonna fuck. STOP TEASING ME!!!
lysandra was a surprising but lovely addition, she seems super different and i am So Glad she had the honor of 🔪 that bitch (also maybe this is morbid of me, but i would have to liked to read that letter wesley wrote, i'm curious as to what arobynn ordered be done to sam 😔) oh and a short story about lysandra and wesley's lil romance? i would love that please write it queen
manon is Much Bitchier this book and i HATE that she was being mean to asterin, but she lowkey had the most character development out of anyone by the end!! everybody realizing that blind loyalty is NAWT the way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bmceleney's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Finally some pace to the book series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and War

kamrynkoble'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? Yes

4.5

Omg, this took me two months. I feel like I owe myself a prize for finishing it. It’s still so, so good. 

I still consider myself a baby fantasy reader—I haven’t really ventured outside SJM yet. My brain sometimes struggles with keeping track of all these moving parts as the magic system is so foreign to me. I’m always afraid to google anything, but sometimes I just have to do it. It doesn’t help that SJM loves those gotchya moments where Aelin retroactively tells you of the genius, secret-from-the-reader move she made last chapter that conveniently saved her/her people this chapter. Oh well.

I just . . . I feel like I’m finally getting it. I felt like a fan girl when Aelin and Manon met. SJM does sacrificial gestures like no other and they always stab me right in the heart. I feel like Aelin is my baby and when she wept after the King died I literally wanted to hold her. I’m insane. Nothing is real. I just loved everyone in this book. It’s 2:30am and I didn’t mean to finish this so late. 

🗣️GIVE US MORE ROMANCE! 

~the most cohesive, insightful, well-written, 5-star review I’ve ever penned 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

kkellymsu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Vomit, and Gaslighting

hxlleann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail