Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

23 reviews

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.25

The ending of the book was amazing. It took me a while to get to that point though. I’m sure the other characters are going to show up in the next books but I found myself looking forward to only Celaena’s parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sissiemilia's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

The last 30% or so of the book was really good. the first 50% were mind numbingly boring. A lot of it should have been edited out. Most of the book felt like a filler episode.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

cineladeras's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

allydoessomereading's review

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

4.75

Omg what a massive book in the TOG series! It took a while for me to get into this book with the switching perspectives (and so many different characters to focus on too) but I eventually got used to it and loved having so many different characters to explore. Like every Mass book, the last third is just chaos and action-packed but it just makes it so much fun to read! Loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Slavery, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

sofiavivi16's review

adventurous dark inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Aelins depression and grief were very well-written and I like that the book ended with her becoming stronger without erasing her problems entirely, like many books do with characters that have depression. Although it was sad, there were plenty of funny moments too and I enjoyed the change of setting. I didn´t enjoy Manons POV parts because the lack of emotion in them alienated me, although I understood that decision from a writing point of view. The way Aelins road to recovery was written was very inspiring. The descrptive writing was very good. Descriptions are actually one of the few things Sarah J Maas consistently writes well. In hindsight, the way Ronan handled her depression was probably highly inappropriate but I enjoyed the way their bond developed. They probably should have stayed friends, because it just became toxic in later books. I liked all the new character introductions except Manon, who didn´t inspire much emotion or interest in me generally

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

thehannahchapter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

a million stars this is a new comfort read & Aelin is a soul character for me. And I still have 4 books to go!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

abi_j's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Love the epic climax!! The way the main character grows into who she is meant to be is so beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

laceylove's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail