Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Двор от мъгла и ярост by Sarah J. Maas

266 reviews

savannahrosema's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

i hated the last 9 chapters purely cause i didn’t breathe the whole time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and War

Minor: Eating disorder

it can be tough, emotionally, at points

suchallie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

A strong second installment of the series, the story was engaging and compelling and mostly believable. However, the author has a habit of leaving things out, unclear storytelling in some key moments, and the ending was racially a deux ex machina in a way which just felt cheap and convenient.  But overall a good read and I will read the next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit

samflowerv6's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

I love Feysand!!! some times it felt corny but it was so fun. I loved the Night Court antics, Feyre’s healing and all the high risk adventures. I love Mor and Amren too!! That last bit had me on my TOES. Feyre is just my #1 girl and obviously I’m in love with Rhysand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lexilovesreadingandlaufey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

AAAAAAAAA

IT SSO SAD LMG THE BOND 😓😓😓

NAYWYA I LOVED IT SO MUDH. READ KT AND

FUCK TAMPON I HATE THE PISSY EXCYSE OF A MAN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

chels984's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

rhysand is literally the loml like i’d die for that man. i love their little family and i hate tamlin pls shut up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and War

lauren625's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Alcohol

taylorm11's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

The pacing of the book was odd. Switched between slow and fast and then the last 100 pages was jam packed with action. 
There was a lot of character/relationship development throughout the entire book. 
Though some parts were leaning predictable, it was still an invigorating read that leaves you wanting more.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Vomit

a_familiar_place's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and War

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

0.75

Don't read this review unless you're ready for me to be unnecessarily harsh. I don't like this book and think it's a travesty in so, so many ways. I understand I am not the target audience nor is it written to be a profound work of classic literature, but the fact remains that I feel it fails even within that tapestry of perspective.

ACOMAF picks up three months after ACOTAR and you are suddenly hit with the realization that in those three months SIGNIFICANT character development has occurred!! Offpage, offscreen. Tamlin is now major dickhead dumbass and Feyre is very sad. Reminder, this is NOT how we left them. Feyre was happy to have freed Tamlin from a curse and is getting married to him.
But in the back of her mind, sexy, sexy Rhysand (known dickhead in the first book) made her make a deal. However, he seems to have "forgotten" that deal until her (dreaded) wedding day when he whisks her away, finally reneging on her deal. They trade barbs, she bites her thumb at him, etc. When she returns, Tamlin in response to this becomes jealous and overprotective.

Right away, if you are familiar with the first book, this entire sequence should seem odd. Tamlin was sexy, sexy understandy man who valued Feyre and Rhysand was sexy man but also evil and he killed innocent people. Now the two personalities have flip-flopped--Tamlin is sexy with a bad side and Rhysand is soooo understanding and empathetic. 

I'm not against this dynamic, but for 600+ page book more time could've been clearly spent on that development instead of just throwing us in the first page. Instead, we get tons and tons of scenes of characters who instantly befriend Feyre, talk about her vague powers, "training," and will-they-won't-they dynamics between the two MCs. 

At the end, Rhysand's

murderous behavior in ACOTAR is justified as a combination of being misblamed/killing people who deserved it

and while it works, it's too late. 

The biggest thematic issue of this series is in its inception--it is not fantasy romance, it's just romance with a high fantasy setting. Many of the fantastical elements seem to revolve around Feyre's relationship and warp to meet her expectations. The magic system in particular has effectively no rules yet it goes to be the crux of nearly EVERY plotline in the book. Yes, including the romances!

This is not really a story, this is a trope payoff with 550 pages of fluff to justify said tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy