Reviews tagging 'Death'

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

120 reviews

lottiesmomma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

Nothing in this world could make me like Chaol and this was painfully boring 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lilywolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Definitely recommend the tandem read with Empire of Storms.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Gaslighting

Ableism and body shaming internal and self-directed. Suicide is off screen and takes place before the book but is mentioned without a lot of detail.

bmceleney's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

3.25

Did tandem read. Very glad I did. This book was slow paced and although parts were really enjoyable other parts felt unnecessary to plot and character development 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Grief

rivkah519's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

This review contains spoilers!

I honestly don't understand the hate this book gets! I loved it! I loved watching the relationship between Chaol and Yrene grow. I was hoping to see more of Yrene after reading Assassin's Blade! I so enjoyed reading about the southern continent and the Khagan! I'm definitely glad Sartaq and Nesryn ended up together! They are one of my favorite couples! Their journey and the plot with the Ruks was very good! And the information revealed about the spiders and their escape was also well done!! I didn't expect what they discovered on their journey. Maeve, a valg queen, posing as a fae queen??? Whoa!! I didn't see that coming! I wasn't sure fully if Maeve was a villain or not, but after reading this book, I'm certain, and I despise her! Ughh!!! I wasn't sure about Hasar either, but by the end of the book, I grew to love her and she became another favorite character in this! She might have a hard edge, but I believe she cared about Yrene deep down all along. This was such a fantastic read!!!! Loved it! Very underhyped imho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

MY REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

psychnp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Definitely recommend the tandem read with Empire of Storms
It really offers a nice balance, they're happening concurrently, and has a few overlapping story lines that flow better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jls6283's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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 have a bone to pick, and it is NOT with SJM - it’s with members of her fandom.

The way people talk about this book online I was expecting it to be BORING and for Chaol to *finally* be a giant douche-canoe that I would end up hating since everyone else hates on him… 

To me, the beauty of all these Maasverse books has been people/fae/whatever have big, emotional reactions (like humans are supposed to). Her characters feel deeply and grow and learn and evolve and adapt. I HATE how so many people who like these books praise female characters (like Nesta or Manon) for their healing journey and growth, BUT FOR SOME REASON DON’T WANT MALE CHARACTERS TO DO THE SAME.

I’ve been pro-Chaol from the beginning. Does he mess up? Yes. Does he question everyone and everything and sometimes get confused about what he believes in? Yes! He’s a human being! I’ve certainly done all of these things and I understand him so much.

If you’ve ever felt depressed and unloveable, this book is almost triggering. 😅 I had more of an emotional reaction to this one than any of the others so far. It might be my favorite of them so far - I know that’s a hot take, but I’ll stand by it! I’m so proud of my boy Chaol ❤️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

kristanjenkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

unboundbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy