Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

5 reviews

grimmbleton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, Murder, Torture, and Violence

smithrachaelynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

Original rating: 4⭐️
After rereading: 5⭐️ This book was so emotional and deep seeing Celaena work through her grief and turmoil. There are so many new characters we meet that I come to love too. Abraxos is absolutely adorable. I lived for the scenes with him. This kept me captivated and entertained the whole time. Beautiful storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and War

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-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? Yes

4.75

my second favorite book of the series.
i loved basically everything about Heir of Fire, Celaena’s journey and development, Chaol’s inner struggle about where his loyalties actually lie, amazing new introduced characters and especially more magic content!!

i very much disliked everything surrounding Dorian and Sorsha, their POV chapters were so boring and absolutely pointless, she especially was such a dull and uninteresting character,

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the only time i was interested in a scene with her in it was when she died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Slavery, and War

bridgetmccue's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

I loved this installment in the ToG series! I would say this was where I really started appreciating the characters and their struggles, as well as an introduction to the ominous enemies and their dark plots looming over the characters heads. This book mostly focuses on Celaena

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aka Aelin

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and her journey to accept herself and those around her, especially Rowan. There was a lot of plot unpacking in this book, but Sarah J Maas revealed the necessary details with perfection and paired it with sly and witty humor when there was very much a need for comedic relief!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Violence, and Physical abuse

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Celaena’s/Aelin’s backstory of her family’s murder, abandonment, abusive father figure, and eventual imprisonment can be a bit much for readers

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. Each character has gone through extensive emotional or physical trauma (often times both) so please keep that in mind when deciding to read this series.