Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

314 reviews

rachelpacz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Book one was great, but book two was brilliant. Twists and turns and so carefully crafted. I didn’t see the secrets until they were revealed. The character development and the way the world and lore grows so much, so seamlessly kept me hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Confinement and Grief

cavallonee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

silfron's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

rtjasa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

Wow, I’m getting whiplash over here trying to figure out where our allegiances lie. I’m loving all of the Night Court character development, found family is one of my favorite of all the tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Classism

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katie0528's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This is better than the first book by leaps and bounds, but Mass still struggles with pacing issues. After the first book, Feyre and Tamlin's relationship is irreparably broken. Desperate to get away from his smothering precense, she leans into her bargain with Rhysand of the Night Court, eventually allying herself with him completely. In theory, the book is about them preparing for war with the fae king Hybern. In actuality, it's long, long stretches of romance between Feyre and Rhys without any mention of the various quests they need to go on in preparation. And even when they do remember, it's often not what Feyre thinks. I liked the interactions between Feyre and Rhys, but Feyre is often the last to figure things out (even as the reader I was usually several steps ahead) and it really bogs down the plot. Both this and ACOTAR could have been a fraction of the length or at least broken into 2-3 books. For as popular as these books are, the pacing and structure is just odd...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and War

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

2.0

The last time I read so much about males and females and males fighting other males for females I was looking at screenshots from an incel forum.

Ok. There were good parts. In particular, the heist with Amren and Feyre. Amren in general.

Hey. Why did you make me read so many hours of Feyre agonizing over Tamlin. Over leaving him. Over moving on from him. Over being attracted to another person after 2 months. And just when I think there's gonna be some kind of emotional resolution, or she's going to like really deal with her shit, it's revealed that

Feyre and Rhysand are fated mates, and the thing with Tamlin was doomed from the start. NO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT ANYMORE! AAAAAUUUGGGHHHHHHHH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Stalking