Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

102 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

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

khymihr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Torture, Vomit, and Death of parent

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

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