Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

48 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

earlgreyjedi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Wow the cast and crew went hard on this one! Absolutely stunning, and the music mixing was phenomenal! Had me crying all over again gosh darn it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence

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

stailysh1's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

4.75

A perfect ending to Feyre's point of view.  Even though I knew things would be okay in the end, I was still so tense reading the last third of the book!  This book had me in its grip!  Probably didn't need to be 700 pages but I enjoyed the little moments too.  I really fell in love with the characters, even ones outside the inner circle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

elizabethortiz96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love the expansion of the world in this book - so many new characters to meet and so much information. The end was so intense, I feel like I've been on such an emotional rollercoaster but I'm not mad about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, and War

littletiramisu's review

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

strange_abalone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gpfot's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism