Reviews tagging 'Death'

Hof van vleugels en verwoesting by Sarah J. Maas

308 reviews

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

WOW. This one had me going THROUGH IT. What a glorious heart-pounding whirlwind. Alliances lost and found, sweeping war across many lands and climates… this is what a true magical fantasy book should be. Of course I love the romance involved and all of the friendships sewn into the heart of this series, but ACOWAR was definitely heavy on intense battle and strategy and unbridled power, which really drew me in even deeper to that fantasy world where anything could happen. And anything DID happen!! While a little slow through the middle of the story after an incredibly cunning and sharp start, the last 200 pages more than made up for it. Edge of my seat with tears in my eyes, ready to slaughter Hybern like a well-trained Illyrian soldier. It was, in a word, EPIC.

LONG LIVE PRYTHIAN!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Murder, Genocide, Torture, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Cursing, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Classism, Vomit, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

hanreads__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Due to who the author is and what they stand for, I will not be leaving a review. This set was purchased second hand and read for enjoyment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Colonisation, Cursing, Gore, War, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

otterlyawesome915's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

2.75

This book had absolutely no business being this long.
The problem is in the pacing, for sure. The very beginning was alright with Feyre doing some spying on the spring court but it was definitely more full than it needed to be. I wanted to see more interactions between Tamlin and Feyre during that time (although I did enjoy the tension between Feyre and Ianthe). There is some focus on Talmin throughout the story but I wanted to see more from him.

The romance in this book isn't exciting anymore because Feyre and Rhys are already an established couple so there's no "will they, won't they" tension. This is realistic in actual relationships, so I'm not mad about it, exactly. What I'm mad about is that this book is mostly incredibly boring until the last 20% or so. It's basically all talking about battle plans.

I don't know if I like this series. I am finding myself enjoying the segments with a lot of action, but there are so many slow parts between those that it becomes very tedious. This book should have been half the length.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.5

A great wrap up

Truly sad to see this series go. A little Disney towards the end but that’s why we read books, to escape reality. The maturing of the characters and plot, was great and some lingering questions were answered. I came to really like this narrator but it was an adjustment for a bit there. Good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Grief, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Gore, Violence, and Gaslighting

howboutjane's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

I experienced every single emotion known to man while working through this book. It had me by the throat from the very first page to the very last page. Lots of unexpected twists. Uggh, it was so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Gore, and War

siriface's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Sexual content, Violence, and Racism

kawaii_rose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Sexual content

anj144's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-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

3.5

I’ve loved all the other books in this series. But this one in particular was very hard to keep up with. I felt it was super slow compared to the previous 2 books. Of course the last 200 pages really gripped me but not my fave

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, War, and Blood

Minor: Misogyny and Death

laneylee254's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War, and Violence