Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

34 reviews

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

The magical diaspora/longing for home narrative continues to be a favorite. Also love characters offering a lot of grace to their past selves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

kermjordan's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

reasek's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Vomit

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

i personally would’ve preferred if this book wasn’t always focused in the same two cities (Rifthold and Morath) because i always love when books explore more territories and i find this world very interesting. but everything else was great! the actions scenes and the newly introduced characters were amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and War

ninaevan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

My favorite so far! Maas is great at developing these really endearing found family dynamics that are so easy to root for. While the plot progression remains very expected, I still felt engaged and excited. This one wrapped things up so nicely that, for the first time in the series, I don't feel the need to pick the next one up immediately, I might take a break and come back to it cause I'm just so satisfied with how things were left.

My scoring: 
5 | =everyone in the world must read this book 
4.75 | =between 4.5 and 5
4.5 | =dessert island book
4.25 | =between 4 and 4.5
4 | =great, solid, reccomendable book
3.75 | =may not be a 4, but I had a good time 
3.5 | = rough patches but not bad
3.25 | =between 3 and 3.5
3 | =meh
2 | =not good
1 | =bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Torture, and Pregnancy

julia87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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 books was amazing. All I wanted to do for the past few days is read. For hours on end.

For starters, it was super fast past and kept me super engaged. The plot was great, the only criticism I have is that the first 100 or so pages were a tad boring <sort of spoiler> things got infinitely better when Rowan came back in.  

This was hands down the best book I’m the Throne of Glass Series so far. I will 100% be continuing on this book was absolutely amazing. I would highly suggest it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent