sarahreadsromance's review
- 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
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
cait_demorato's review
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Rape, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Grief
lhawk16's review
- 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
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death, Murder, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts
sp00ky_n3rd's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
On one hand, Nesta is such an annoying character, and I disliked her for most of the book. On the other hand, Maas has written trauma, addiction, mental health, and the road to recovery SO WELL.
I was also so frustrated reading this because the story was drawing me in and kept getting interrupted by an unnecessary amount of really explicit sex scenes. Both the amount of them and how explicit they were was unnecessary. In some way, they were relevant to the story, but it was not balanced well with the story at all.
How badly balanced the book is had me so sure I was gonna rate it 3 stars max all the way through UNTIL the last couple of hundred pages. As it got to the end, Maas actually gave us the meat of the story and the tension and drama that made the rest of the series so good.
I tentatively say 3.5 stars, but it's a hard one to rate.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Eating disorder, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Blood
dandelionsanddragons'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
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
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
bugbites's review
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Violence
headinthepages's review against another edition
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
smkelly1997's review
- 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
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Blood, Bullying, and Rape
siffpedersen's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Grief, Violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Blood
cassidy_rain's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Rape