Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

7 reviews

itsebrumutlu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.25

I'm so angry that Tower of Dawn was the best book of this series because I truly detested Chaol. Correct, past tense. I no longer detest Chaol. He's an obedient chucklehead who had to realize so many things, especially about Aelin, until this book but I'm glad that he finally did. 

The reason I loved this book was actually other characters. First, Yrene. She and Chaol made sense, sure. But she's still too good for that chucklehead. 

I knew that Nesryn was too good for Chaol even before and this book ensured me. And Sartaq. My lovely, brave, stupidly in love with Nesryn Sartaq. I freakin' love him. His crush on Nesryn long before meeting her was heartbreakingly good. I went "Aw" so many times. 

Borte and Hasar just HAVE TO meet Aelin. Especially Hasar would love Aelin (at least, after a while). I think Borte would stress Aedion all the time like Aelin does. And I think Aedion and Sartaq would like each other very much.

I already cannot wait for Falkan and Lysandra to meet. When I realized that Falkan was related to Lysandra, I was so happy. Damn you, Maas for getting me all invested in all these characters. And making Chaol bearable. 

I'm already anxious about the Kingdom of Ash. But I'm starting the book immediately at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

madmadmaddymad's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

Loved it. 

It’s the perfect breather, for how intense this series has been to this point. A romantic, emotionally deep, healing journey. And told from the point of view of Chaol, a character that I damn near forgot about. If you had told me when I started this series, that a one-off book told from a random side character’s point of view would a: hold my interest, and b: leave me feeling so invested, I never would have believed it. 

But this book is just! So incredible! I really felt every emotion, and I am ready to get back to Aelin and the others, I’m ready for them to save the world, now! 

Let’s go!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Mental illness

nerdkitten's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, and Ableism

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, War, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore, Chronic illness, Classism, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Misogyny, Slavery, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and Xenophobia

avie_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Murder

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and War

sm1401'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It was a slow start very dragging up until chapter 10ish, then the plot actually begins, I found that the characters I hated with a passion became my favorite at the halfway point of the book. It has its issues (being problematic and such) but the story is incredibly captivating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, War, Stalking, Mental illness, and Death of parent

dianamstt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Genocide and Grief