Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

190 reviews

savage_book_review's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is definitely the best book of the series audio wise so far. The pace is great; there's always enough going on to keep you engaged, and then the moments of action and tension are heightened by the limitations of the speed the narrator can read at - it just draws everything out that little bit longer so you can really feel the build. 

Similarly, despite the number of threads that make up this story and the sheer volume of characters that have roles to play, the audio manages to make everything that much more memorable so it's still easy to follow. Again, I do think the graphic audio (when it eventually arrives) will do an even better job, but for now this really does stand up. 

For some reason the quality of this audio did sound slightly different to the previous books in the series, especially at the beginning. Either I got used to it and stopped noticing as the book progressed or it's just a glitch at the start, but there are moments early on where it sounds a bit like a knock-off recording. And while Elizabeth Evans is great as always, her vocal repertoire is getting severely stretched by this point and, with many more characters due to appear in the remaining books, I am concerned that discerning between different character voices is going to become difficult and the quality may be affected. Likewise, there were a few slightly odd timing/editing choices in this book - breaks where there needn't be and vice versa. Nothing that is severely going to hamper your enjoyment, but just little things that don't quite sound right.

If anyone has figured out how to do the tandem of the next two books on audio without simply having to remember the switch points, please let me know!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

LOVE LOVE LOVE!! this has been my favorite book out of the TOG series so far. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cxxitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

livcanread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

miss_berry315's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Ohh wow. So many great things happened in this book! 
Such a natural progression of the storylines and overall plot.

so damn glad to see Arobynn finally get the ending he deserved. So happy Aelin and Lysandra got to carry out their justice on the horrible, wicked man.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pregnancy

aas's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

elizabethortiz96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Okay. Where do I even start?? I LOVED this book. The character development is SO good, I absolutely love all of the relationships and how they evolve so much. When Aelin almost kills Manon I really felt how much I'd grown to care about Manon cuz I didn't want her to kill her! That whole thing was great. Also, LYSANDRA??? Obsessed. The plot twist with the king and perrington and kind of Kaltain? Ah. I'm just so excited to see how this continues to evolve. 🤌🏼

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

moon_anu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War

heftsi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

meghan_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

My favorite in the series so far!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death