Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

220 reviews

suchallie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

I am unfortunately deeply invested in this series. I mostly enjoyed this installation except there is far too much war for my taste. I wanted more magic and mystery. Also the author’s habit of deux ex machina strikes again but whatever, she can do whatever she wants to me at this point 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Fire/Fire injury

katie0528's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

I don't get the hype for these books. I really, really don't. I listened to the audiobook which dragged on for a plodding 25 hours. Like the first two books, the first and last 100 pages are action-packed to the point it's almost overwhelming, but the middle is mind-numblingly boring. We're on the precipice of war, but we can spend weeks and weeks searching for allies that may or may not support us. There are so many threads that just raise questions with no answers (wtf was that Swan Princess side plot that went NOWHERE and "well it sucks for her to deal with that"), and there were three different Deus Ex Machinas in the final fight, Feyre and her friends were so overwhelmed. Idk how a massive world war across dozens of kingdoms can start and end in about 6 hours of audiobook but somehow Mass made it happen. I'd like the other 19 hours of my life back please.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

srhvictoria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

gabby3314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

britt93414's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, 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

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

A stunning third instalment to the ACOTAR series. I was absolutely enthralled- I stayed up till 4am so I could finish the third and final part in the book. I'm breathless and overjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

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

maddielags's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-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

I can’t decide if this or ACOMAF is my favourite in the series. This had me absolutely sobbing my heart out multiple times and gasping. There were a few twists that I did not expect at all. I really fell in love with characters I didn’t expect to and it made the story that much better because of it. Absolutely 100% worth the read and I’ll always think about this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Death of parent