Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

199 reviews

miss_berry315's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I have been holding on to hope for Nesta for 3.1 books and finally got the payoff in ACOSF! She was so damn stubborn for so long and her mental gymnastics was so frustrating to read. But I always knew that deep down she was just full of all the pain she pushed down and down her whole life. 

I cannot even really put into words how much her journey in this book meant to me. Her found family with Gwyn and Emerie, the other priestesses who joined the Valkyrie training - I have never been so empowered and inspired to find my own strength and power. The last few chapters had me cheering for them, crying with them, and loving every second!!

SJM really turned up the 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ in this book!! 

I'm starting to think Rhys lied to Feyre about the whole wingspan thing 👀

Cassian is everything. I loved the relationship building, everything felt so true to their characters and built naturally. I do feel like it was a bit excessive at times, but it mostly made sense for Nesta's arc and growth. 

I could have done without the pregnancy storyline tbh. I didn't feel like it added to the story, Rhys became overbearing and overprotective in a way that felt out of character for him, and I didn't like that he was always preaching that Feyre had a choice in everything, but then decided to just not tell her about the risks of her pregnancy so she could have control over her own body.   I also didn't really like them dealing with yet another close call with death, like, once was fine but 3 times now is excessive. I wish too that Nesta was able to keep her power, but I understand why they got taken away (the sacrifice for the people she loved, the wrapping up of the issue of people wanting to use her as a weapon, her own fears of being out of control with it etc) I just feel like she was nerfed as soon as she found her power. 
Also feel a little disappointed she didn't get to the top of Ramiel as well, that would have been icing on the cake, though I know it meant a whole lot more for Emerie and Gwyn to get there together!

So looking forward to the next book! It cannot come out fast enough! 

I know it's rumored to be Elain focused, but I really hope we get focus on Azriel and Mor as well! I am all in for a Mor/Emerie storyline!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Torture

edamamebean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

Would have been five stars if not for that

unnecessarily traumatic pregnancy side plot.

But I really loved this book, the best in the series so far in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Gore, Sexual content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Death of parent

tabea1409's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, War, Genocide, Gore, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kat1105's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, War, Child death, and Sexual assault

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Sexism, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Ableism, Pregnancy, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

jnterhune's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

My least favorite of the series but still have to give it five stars cause it is still very good, had some complaints on this one but enjoyed the character development and inspiration side of it, definitely looking forward to future books to get more of a story closure. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Rape, Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, War, and Alcohol

Just looking for a more complete ending but hopefully not the last book, still would give five stars as a series but found this one my least favorite, very inspiring and good development enjoyed the story, just thought some was unrealistic and unfinished

katierosecrane's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

This book is very similar to ACOMAF, but with Nesta in it. I might be scared to read some long books but not by SJM. 

I love a mental health troupe and Cassian and Nesta have an amazing love story. I appreciated that this book wasn’t geared towards YA audience. It made the themes hit harder and the parallelism to ACOMAF showed that.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Self harm, Sexism, War, Child death, Gore, Alcoholism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Mental illness, and Murder

rilvil's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicidal thoughts

rivierareads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

The only ACOTAR book that made me cry. Well-written with an interesting plot. I could not put this down

and this book definitely wins the best smut award for Nesta x Cassian

. The messages about hope sometimes felt a bit cheesy / over-the-top / in-your-face but it’s a nice message and not too constant. I guess my biggest complaint is that it felt like the plot was very elaborate and intriguing only for a lot of it to end up in a wash in the ends. But overall excellent, fun to read, with believable character development and relationships (SO important!).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, Violence, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Torture

gpfot's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War