Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Hof van vleugels en verwoesting by Sarah J. Maas

93 reviews

treblemakeranna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Sarah J. Maas really loves a Deus ex Machina, huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity and Racism

compulsory heterosexuality

ladyzbyrd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

The best book so far in this series! The last dozen chapters had me pacing and gasping and squawking and yelling and nearly crying while following the action! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

strange_abalone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Alcohol

anupammahadeo's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

I am not the target demographic of this book series. This is a fantasy embedded with a modern, smutty, romance novel within (complete with “mating bonds” that are basically text messaging). This book somewhat takes a step back from the romance plot of the series and focuses on the fantasy aspect, but it continues to be plagued with tonal inconsistency, and somewhat indulgent “always a bigger fish” world building that doesn’t always make sense. Characters jump from having angsty, teasing conversations that wouldn’t be out of place in a 2024 high school to grand, epic speeches about shaping the world in the blink of an eye, and it lessens the impact of both moments immensely. Characters are also constantly introduced as all-powerful, mysterious monsters, just to then be killed off to demonstrate the power of a bigger threat. 
And of course, rounding out some of my criticism is the concept of a “mating bond” which, in conjunction with the smattering of smutty sex scenes in this series, kind of just felt icky when choice and freedom to love are themes Maas tries to discuss. 
There’s a lot wrong with the logic of the narrative, the characters themselves, the pacing and sequence of cliches at the end of the book to possibly be discussed - but yet this was a relatively enjoyable read. 
All of these problems are there with a deepish reading, but on a semi-superficial reading of this book, I found the characters to be interesting if a little cartoonish, and enjoyed learning about the world that Maas dreamed to life in these pages. There may be some problematic themes or writing, and sure the book does not hold up to criticism from either a literary or fantasy POV, but I couldn’t help but still overall enjoy reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Violence

stellastidbits's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fullybookedlola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

This book just became my favourite of the series. It was so so good. Starting in the Spring Court made me already excited and then the end, oh. my. god. The hype I felt while reading this book, it was incredible. 
So well written! So heartbreaking, and so many twists, but so good! 
I don't have words for it, but I can say i really enjoyed reading all of it. From begin to end. Bat boys, go! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Outing, and Alcohol