Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

96 reviews

tabea1409's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Murder, Violence, Death, Slavery, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Genocide

nicklybear's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

booksinherhead's review against another edition

Read this for the second time almost ten years after reading it the first time–this time around doing a buddy read so I can finally finish this series. Let me tell you I am IN THIS. Very invested. So far I've definitely been tracking how each book feels individually versus in the larger series arc. Each book ends with the promise of things to come, for sure, but I'm not feeling frustrated by cliffhangers or "filler books." Onward!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, and Blood

Moderate: War, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Torture, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.0

A good book. I’ll read the next to learn more about this world and the characters, but I preferred the first two books to this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Trafficking, Death, Death of parent, Slavery, Grief, Deportation, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

aas's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Violence

ellaxo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

The plot was so good but the romance in this book stops me to give it a higher ranking. It was not as bad as I remembered it being but

it still icks me that she changed her love interest out of nothing. I felt no chemistry in any of the first two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual violence and Death of parent

huddlestonmaeg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

The beginning of this book was really slow, I’m surprised I finished it but glad I did and I’m excited to read the next one. I enjoyed the plot line and loved reading some of the hints we got in book one!! The characters were great and I know it’s probably not going to happen but I love Chaol and Celaena together right now. I also love Dorian. These are great characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Slavery, Physical abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Torture

hannalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Compared to the first book this one wasn’t as great, mostly because I felt it was a bit slow and I was so mad at why Celaena wrote off Chaol. I hate misunderstanding tropes, she went bezerk before she even talked to him about it, and Celaena is just so wishy washy about who she is, what she stands for, what she even wants. spoiler: she has no idea yet so we’ll see how the next one pans out for her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Slavery, Stalking, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent