Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

52 reviews

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.

lavendar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-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

4.75

Severely underrated! A must read for me!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Murder, and War

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

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

mgdmcc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Classism

cayliehausman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This story was nothing like I expected and it gave us so much information, as well as introducing us to some new (and old) faces. Again–I cannot recommend the tandem read enough, the way the information layers between books and helps you form a more full picture is a reader is absolutely crazy in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

pumpkaboola's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Slavery

emce821's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful slow-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

4.25

Wow I loved getting to know the characters in this book! The world building that the tandem read allows for is amazing and I truly feel like I can picture the upcoming battles on the map. I am so excited to round out this series and beyond happy that the characters in this book are joining the main storyline once again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Medical content

merrow's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

An almost relaxing turn in the midst of this series, but still maintaining the mystery and global stakes. The book feels generally hopeful and introduces a new part of the world well, and is only let down by the characters’ very occasional childish behaviour.

Yrene is a very engaging character, and Chaol and Nesryn both grow to find their places in the series. Very interesting revelations and the setting contrasts very well with the northern continent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

Chaol and Nestryn’s journey to the southern kingdom had two goals: rally the troops and restore Chaol. 

They accomplished both

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, and Pregnancy