Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

13 reviews

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I devoured this book. It was easy to follow and even the slower parts were interesting. I was kept engaged and intrigued. I love Dorian and Celaena’s witty banter. The way Chaol cares for Celaena in his own way is amazing.

Celaena and Nehemiah’s friendship is precious and I love how Elena defends Celaena.

I do wish there was a clearer distinction and more organized approach when switching POVs but it’s a fun switch.

I also thought the reveal that Cain was summoning creatures was a little predictable. I was surprised to see that Perrington was controlling him and not just influencing him.

I’m excited to see where this series goes. This was a great opener.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief and Drug use

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, War, Torture, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

em_chata's review against another edition

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

I love reading this book every single time. SJM does some great world building, and for her earlier works, it’s well done.

Even though I’ll forever be sad about Dorian being taken away from me… :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death

cabalus's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

0.25

The author is a Zionist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Gore, Child abuse, Hate crime, Death, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Torture, and Violence

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Gore, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, and Slavery

lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Death of parent, Cursing, and Blood

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, War, Slavery, Vomit, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Torture, Genocide, Drug use, Cursing, Animal death, War, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child death, and Sexual harassment

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Torture, and Genocide

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Death of parent

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

I quite liked this! There’s an awful lot of loose ends here which is a bit frustrating, but seeing as there’s so many more books in the series it makes sense. I like the protagonist a lot and the supporting characters are equally lovable, but they really got me with the puppy. I do wish there was either more backstory or more something to give us a real look at “the assassin” - we are told over and over again that she’s the best in the world but, like, SHOW me. Hopefully we get more of that in the coming books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Misogyny, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

nabecker13's review against another edition

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, War, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Gore, Trafficking, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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 actually enjoyed this so much more than i expected, i really liked the characters and this world has a lot to mystery especially surrounding the magic so i can’t wait to read more of that!

a complaint i have has to be that the writing felt very 2012, especially because of the damn exclamation points, but it wasn't unbearable and i know it’ll get better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Cannibalism, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Torture

Minor: Rape, War, Sexual assault, and Sexism