Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

90 reviews

nin3423's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

Better than the first and second books. 
This book could have been probably 200 pages shorter. I wish most of the book was like the last 1/4th. 
Sarah Maas has some really good moments, but she can never just let them be comforting or sad or anything, she seems to always need to add an intimate scene. I find her writing lackluster and bland as well. I find there is a lack of vocabulary and find her word choices repetitive. 
Some of the plot is well done, but this book had many cop-outs, which is unfortunate because she could have taken the plot in many different directions that would have been amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Slavery

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

cams's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kelisabeth's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

madisonstarkov's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest

camyantis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism

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