Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

336 reviews

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Honestly, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel rereading this book for the first time in seven years, but it did not disappoint. It's been long enough since my last read that I had forgotten enough to be surprised by a majority of the many twists and turns. 

I'm starting this series re-read because the last time I read the Throne of Glass series Tower of Dawn was just about to come out, so the farthest I've ever made it is the end of Empire of Storms. We'll see how well the rest of the series holds up after seven years!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

naychapman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and War

streebela's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

leemazz01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

tori2799's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Genocide, and Rape

jls6283's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Like many people, I got to this book after reading ACoTaR. Here are my takeaways…

The beginning of this book does have annoyances. It took me a while to get into this style. It’s in 3rd person, but it’s like SJM wanted to show us some of those deep inner-thought insights like she did in ACoTaR. They seem a little off or forced in some places because we’re NOT inside the characters head… With that being said, once you do get through some of the world building I actually found this book to move FASTER than the ACoTaR because it is a little more plot driven without those long inner monologues. However, it does feel like it takes longer as a reader to feel connected to Celaena… 

There are definitely parts where the writing seems… a little unedited…? I know it’s her first series/book so maybe it’s just that?

There are a lot of loveable characters in here - and of course a few you love to hate! I’m excited to read book 2 😁

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Slavery, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent and War

jenniee_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.0

This was good. I feel like reading ACOTAR first gave me really high expectations but I am keeping in mind that this is the author’s first book and she began writing it when she was a teenager. I do still plan on reading the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and War

birdsandships's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Fun, quick, popcorn-y read. Writing gets better in the second book. Plot is very similar to Megan Whalen Turner’s The Queen’s Thief series

keelreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape

itsme_bianca's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A bit predictable but, nonetheless, enjoyable. Definitely intriguing enough to make me want to continue reading the next book in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Slavery, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Vomit