Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas

214 reviews

jen_h95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder

majesticplebian's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

It's great and the ending will make you SO angry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Review of A Court of Mist and Fury

By: Sarah J. Maas (A Reread)

            Feyre has escaped Amarantha, but not the memories of it.  Tamlin won’t open up to Feyre and wants to keep her in an ivory tower, and Rhysand has finally come to call.  Feyre hates it at first that Rhysand has come to collect on their bargain, but soon realizes that Rhysand and his court might be exactly what she needs to heal, and he needs her help in the coming war.

            I’m continuing to enjoy my reread of this series and this is still my favorite in the series.   Though, Rhysand plays a bastard brilliantly in the first book, he becomes character to fall for as we see how his playing part of monster was the only way to protect his family and his “Court of Dreams”. His development is great as we see how complex he is as a character. I also appreciated how he sees Feyre as an equal, not someone to keep locked or in the dark.  He does cross a line and can be overprotective, but not as bad as Tamlin.  I read some were surprised by Tamlin’s change in personality, but it made sense to me, as I think a lot going of people going through PSTD would sweep it under the rug but have symptoms of anger. Though, I’m not a medical professional, so I could be wrong about it. The new characters were fun to spend time and get to know, like Cassian and Mor.  The Court of Dreams characters felt like a family that messed with each and loved each other. There was this feeling of if you mess with any of them it would get ugly.  The flirting and banter, even when Feyre hated Rhys was entertaining and amusing to read about.   I always liked how Maas touched on PSTD in this one, which is something that you would think other authors would want to explore in fantasy, but somehow manage to gloss over.  I loved the descriptions of the “Court of Dreams” and the Summer court as well as she goes into descriptive detail about what each court looks, just as she did with the Spring court.  If I continue, I hope we get to see the other courts too.    The cliff hanger still gets me, but it will be worth what Feyre does in the next book.  At least I don’t have to wait a few years for the next, only a few months.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual content, Confinement, Blood, and Grief

kaledragon's review

dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, and Rape

kellypurnell_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

lizzydreadful's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Vomit, War, Classism, Gaslighting, Stalking, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mikyla's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Murder, Grief, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, and Death of parent

ellenmay101's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

avery_hutchinson's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

My favorite book of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

peppermintprose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

Welcome to the Tamlin hate committee, please everyone take a seat and pass a weapon to your left. We ride for the Spring Court at dawn. 🗡️

PLEASE let me say again how much I despise Tamlin. Because I do absolutely unequivocally hate him with every fiber of my being. Thank u SJM for getting our girl Feyre out of that abusive mess. 

ACOMAF was better than I expected in so many ways and experiencing it all with Feyre was chefs kiss 🤌

I have many feelings and I will maybe (lol probably not) come back and write more words later but right now I have a date with ACOWAR.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse