Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

75 reviews

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I read this in Tandem with Tower of Dawn. And I am SOOO glad I did! If I had to read TOD between this book & KOA, I would have died! & not enjoyed TOD, cause I’d be obsessing over what’s gonna happen with the characters in this book!
This book was sooo good! I love being able to read from all the different characters POV’s. 
I love all the couples & am so thoroughly enjoying them to settle in with eachother. The dynamics between the different couples are just amazing!! But Aelin & Rowan are still my favorite! 
But, all the revelations at the end, I AM NOT OKAY WITH THEM!!! This story really can’t end the way it’s leading to!! There has to be another way! I am not okay with that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Murder, Torture, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Confinement

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: War

rileypruyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: War

cranberry101's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

(full review maybe coming soon but these are my initial thoughts once finishing)

again. aelin is doing all of this and no one puts 2 and 2 together. i think ms. maas wants us to think that aelin is some sort of super genius for all of this, but it just makes me think that everyone else is an idiot.

also fireheart this fireheart that, is aelin the leader of thunderclan? is rowan her graystripe or her sandstorm? too many questions.....

this is honestly so ridiculous and unbelievable how is she doing all this. next thing is harry potter is gonna apparate in the next book and say that he owes aelin a life debt too.

  also kinda shitty of lorcan to do that but he's hot so i would maybe forgive him. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War, Vomit, and Torture

kathrynok's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

norisen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Death, Grief, Blood, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Vomit

erafact's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Did a Tandem read

which i highly recommend because tower of dawn is alittle slow

, so this is for both "Empire of Storms" and "tower of dawn".  A great story that ends on a cliff hanger

that breaks your heart

there is so much left to do for there being only one book left im not sure how I feel about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Again: Did a Tandem read so some of this might be from "Empire of Storms" or "tower of dawn". A woman has a stillborn birth, and for the "failure" of that she is branded and left for dead. Another woman is whipped and imprisoned inside a box.

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Ableism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Body horror, Death of parent, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Genocide, Child death, and Rape

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Vomit

fiercereadsfiction's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Torture and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent