Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

121 reviews

aimnorth's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

The first third of the book is incredibly slow, but once the pace picks up it really picks up. I've always found the main character of this series hard to swallow, but this book did a great job breaking down her trauma. Exploring the trauma of the other characters was also very well done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

This book deals a lot with the abuse and torture of the characters from previous books, as well as an abusive and controlling relationship from a previous book. Nothing is described in too much detail, but it is mentioned often and is a big point in the book.

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.25

My third read-through! I recognize more flaws every time, but I still love the parts that I love. This is the best book of the series, if not the only really good one. And she does characters and relationships and friendships really really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

Minor: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

kitkat326's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape and Grief

Minor: Vomit

rosapalskov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I thought the first one was really good, until I read this one and realised it could get even better. The characters are interesting,

she managed to make me love Tamlin and hate Rhys in the first book, to the complete opposite in this one. It was wholesome to see her get to know Rhys and how they both compliment each other

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

jessieb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Colonisation

scytheria'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

4.25

In which Feyra gains a personality and a few brain cells and this series gets good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

julleah's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

While the story is good, I would not recommend this to anyone with sexual trauma or an abusive person in their life as this book will likely be very upsetting. Trigger warning: explicit sex scenes (several that can be skipped), abuse, torture, returning to abuser, sex work, assault is hinted at, PTSD, violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

layne_raye25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

An all-consuming rush of brilliant imagery, cunning battle and tense action, beautiful companionship, deliciously sexy and sweet romance. I was utterly entranced the entire 624 pages as Feyre continued her fight for her loved ones, her new friends, her soulmate, and her own beating human heart within a new immortal body.

I LOVE RHYSAND TO INFINITY AND BEYOND. What a magnificent creature. Maas crafts his heartbreaking story so flawlessly, intersecting purposefully with Feyre’s even from the first moment they met in the first book. I was blown away by every detail revealed.

Also… HE LETS HER BEJEWELED. IYKYK!!!

“But I was his mate. He would yield only for me.”

I can’t wait to see what happens next between the High Fae and the mortal realm as they go to swiftly into that dark night… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

0.5

Holy cringe. Finally, I'm done with it.

What is nuance? Subtlety? Sarah J. Maas obviously does not know. Her writing is horrible, her characters are all the same—beautiful, super powerful, with tragic past and blah blah blah—her dialogues are on the level with 5 graders joking about balls and dicks, her sex scenes are the cringiest, and her plots make no sense. Whoever says that this is the best book they've ever read, I'm begging them to read something else.

I'm just gonna include the most eye-rolling bits:

“No wonder you’re so thin if you vomit up your guts every night.”

Why on EARTH would S.J. Maas put this in?? 

"Rhys merely shrugged and looked to me. To let me choose. Always—it was always my choice with him these days."

Oh my god, the bare minimum... we stan 

"He jerked his chin at my tattoo. “Give a shout down the bond if you get anything accomplished before breakfast.” [...]  “You could try rubbing it on certain body parts and I might come faster.”
  Alone in the frost-gilded forest, I replayed his words and a quiet chuckle rasped out of me.

Oh my god, girl PLEASE!!!!!

 “And is being immortal lovelier than being human?”
[...] I looked the High Lord of Summer up and down, as he had examined me, brazenly and without a shred of politeness, and then said, “You tell me.”
  Tarquin’s eyes crinkled. “You are a pearl. [...]"

INCREDIBLE comeback from Feyre! The wits! The smarts!

I said to Lucien, low and quiet and as vicious as the talons that formed at the tips of my fingers, as vicious as the wondrous weight between my shoulder blades, “When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”

😐😐😐

I wouldn’t think of why this position was one he wanted to end in, to have me banish the stained dark with the light.

  But I would glow—for him, I’d glow. For my own future, I’d glow.

Yes, the glow and the darkness are literal here. And it's a sex scene.


And, obviously, Feyre is all powerful and good at absolutely everything (including reading and writing that she spent what, a week on learning?).

These books are trash :)

P.S. Sarianna Silvonen did an incredible job translating the book into Finnish, improving the text as much as it was possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape