Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

73 reviews

purplekimchi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

Loved Nesta’s journey. Cassian and Az continue to delight. Weird to see Rhys and Feyre reduced to background characters, but it worked. The friendship between Nesta and other characters (and the house!) was really sweet. Then development of those friendships was as important as the romance plot. It was such a fun detail to have Nesta and the others reading smutty romance. Speaking of which, the spice in this book - much better than the previous couple in the series. Holds up to CoMaF. *fans self*  I hope we see Azriel’s, Elain’s and Mor’s stories (and maybe some combo of those) in future books. I am dying to know what happens to Elain and I am sure I am not alone in not loving a possible Lucian OTP and wondering about a possible why choose situation…

I agree with other reviewers that the plot is not perfect and sometimes unnecessarily convoluted but it really was an enjoyable read. 5 stars doesn’t mean perfection, but reflects more on my experience of reading it and if I would recommend to friends with similar interests. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

sarahreadsromance's review

emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

This was not just a story of healing, but for me, it was healing itself.  It feels silly to say, but it genuinely shifted my perspective on the relationships in my life.  Not to mention it had some pretty fire spice.  Not everything ended the way I wanted, but I think that was part of the point and it helped me come to peace with that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Blood, and Sexual content

evedove's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Minor: War

barocap001's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

dandelionsanddragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

3.0

review contains spoilers 

I thought I’d enjoy this book more since it deals with PTSD (something I can relate to) and while I felt connected to Nesta and loved watching her development, the book made me uncomfortable or bored too often.

The training scenes were so dragged out and repetitive that I often skipped parts of them. 

The dialogue in the sex scenes made me so uncomfortable it was so cringey and it only got better towards the end when it wasn’t just driven by lust. 

the blood rite scene at the end was so dragged out I actually skimmed through. lot of the pages.

the ending made up for a lot of it so I still give this 3 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, War, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Addiction, Death, and Cursing

cait_coll's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

I am a simple woman, I don’t kid myself by thinking I read this series for the plot. I don’t overly enjoy the characters, the plot or really anything. It’s very watered down fantasy which is fine! Sometimes I’m in the mood for very easy world-building and a bit of cheeky smut, but oh my god it is never-ending in this book. The little plot there is is immediately minimised by their constant shagging. Any tension in the plot fizzles out immediately because you have to read through five pages of smut before you get back to the story. As I say, sometimes you’re just in the mood for simple and easy reading, but at this stage I was bored of the world, I wanted more tension, drama and danger. I don’t exactly know what I was expecting, even in Feyre’s books, the battle scenes weren’t well written, very anti-climatic and honestly boring to read, and thus has not changed in this book. 

I wouldn’t recommend this if you’re looking for high fantasy, but if you looking for easy reading to giggle at late at night, by all means, read away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Child death, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Rape

headinthepages's review against another edition

V enjoyable reread via audio!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sydcopus's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

This book was fantastic — even the slower parts had me hooked. The twists, the turns, the tears, the laughs, the spice! Some plot points were predictable but I loved it so much I didn’t care. I always thought book two would be my tried and true — but this one takes the cake. I loved reading about Nesta and seeing her growth and I loved seeing her and Cassian’s storyline unfold on the pages.

Spoiler

Nesta’s a badass and saves the day like we all knew she would!!!

Spoiler

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, War, Child death, and Classism

booksinacottage's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Addiction, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, War, Death, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

irishrose7777's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault