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A Court of Mist and Fury (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

9 reviews

megnut's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Murder

sam0ny's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Awesome actors, I love these graphic audios. This books is better than the first by a long shot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

nbhefner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 Sarah J. Maas is a master wordsmith.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Fantastic book that easily deserves 5 stars I'm just particular. If you haven' t finished "A Court of Thorns and Roses" go read that first

This part is mostly about Feyra's CPTSD from under the mountain and how it shook her world and continues to twist it.

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Review for the Graphic Audio version only.

I didn't care for the main narrator. The sound effects were more enjoyable compared to other Graphic Audio productions I've listened to, but sometimes they were over the top and distracting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Torture

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

I tried SO HARD to get into this book. Listened to the audio, read the physical copy, kept rereading because my mind would wander…just not worth it to me to finish it, and I was really just trying because everyone else loves it so much. Tired of wasting my time—time to move on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Classism

bbmaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

savage_book_review's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

Oh, I've been looking forward to this one. And after the disaster that was my last read, I was determined to finish 2023 off with a book I knew I was guaranteed to enjoy. I will firstly say that this is probably a slightly unfair rating on my part, purely because I have read the book previously and I know what's to come in part 2 is my favourite bit of the series.

The pacing of this book is more suited to the 2 part graphic audio format than ACOTAR, mainly because the action is a little more evenly spread throughout the story. It also helps that you're settled into the world the author has created, so it's a lot easier to accept the new ideas that pitch up in here. There's plenty of moments in this to keep you interested and listening, and glimpses of humour throughout the overall slightly darker tone which pull the listener in.

As with Rhys in the last one, the voices of Cassian and Azriel aren't quite what I was expecting, but as I have now settled into Rhys' voice (and actually quite like it!), I'm sure I'll quickly come to accept the actors' interpretations. As for the wider audio, I feel that it gives the darker moments a lot more depth and emotional resonance than the written word alone, and likewise purposely picks out those moments of brevity to give the listener a moment's relief. 

The only part I felt was lacking was a moment where Rhys is sharing a memory with Feyre, and rather than having Rhys supply the voice over, it's Feyre effectively doing an impression if him, dropping her voice an octave and adjusting her pronunciation slightly. I genuinely thought I'd mistakenly slowed down the audio speed when it kicked in. I can't say I quite understood that directorial decision as it jolted me out of my own head, but overall it's a small nitpick from an otherwise very well put together production.

Can't wait for part 2!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wavephase's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

Rating: Explicit 

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence 

Category: F/M 

Relationships: Feyre Archeron/Tamlin, Feyre Archeron/Rhysand 

Characters: Feyre Archeron, Nesta Archeron, Elain Archeron, Tamlin, Lucien, Alis, Ianthe, Rhysand, Morrigan, Nuala & Cerridwen, Cassian, Azriel, Amren, Tarquin, Cresseida, Varian, The Surriel, Bron & Hart, The Attor, Jurian, The Kind of Hybern, The Weaver, Alis, The Bone Carver,  Briallyn, Demetra, Devlon, Keir 

Additional Tags: Faeries/Fae, Fantasy AU 

Original Language: English 

Stats:
      Produced: 2022
      Hours: 17
      Chapters: 16 

     Originally Published: 2016
      Words: ~160,000
      Chapters: 82

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol