Reviews tagging 'Racism'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

6 reviews

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual content, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Violence, War, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Was not expecting to like this as much as I did. The characterization of one character in particular

Spoiler

(Tamlin)

dramatically changes from the first book. I think the second and third books in this series work very well together but are sort of disconnected from the first book.

Spoiler

If there had been bigger red flags with Tamlin in the first book or moments where the mask slipped a bit him turning into an abusive prick would have made more sense. Book 1 Tamlin and Book 2 + 3 Tamlin are very different characters and makes the first book feel disconnected. I like book 1 on it’s own and I like books 2 and 3 together but when you put the whole series together the jump between 1 and 2 doesn’t really make sense.

Besides that I enjoyed the books if you can pretend

Spoiler

Tamiln was showing more signs of being abusive in the first book and accept that you aren’t really going to see his character develop in that direction

then it’s pretty good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Racism, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Torture, Gore, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

kay_w's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-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: Mental illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, Racism, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Grief, and Vomit

anjoscamila11's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Much better than the first book. 

Spoiler

 This book is a lot more focused on Feyre's character development than the plot itself. More than 70% of the story doesn't show the main conflict. Nonetheless, the "quests" before that main conflict helped to break up the self pitying and distress that comes with two main characters that have a lot of issues and don't know how to deal with them in a healty manner. 
Much like the first book, there are a lot of overused tropes and cliches. Knowing how to overlook those will make the reading experience much more enjoyable. 
Feyre and Tamlin's relationship always felt rushed and one sided. The way the she falls out of love from him and rediscovers herself felt raw and depressive, but belivable in a nice character building way. 
I enjoyed how the author played the stereotypes of the 'good' golden hero being the toxic and controlling one in the relationship and the tall dark and mysterious antagonist turning out to be loving and respectful of her boundries, provoking her enough for her to come back to life. 
The sex scenes have also setteped up a notch in how explict and frequent they are. I don't know if it is because I didin't like Tamlin at all in the first book, but Rhys's sex scene was waaay hotter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse and Racism

amelia22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Death, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Minor: Slavery, War, and Violence

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I rated the first book in the series 5.0 and now I wish I could rate this even higher. This book was truly amazing, I cannot recommend enough. The romance. The spice, the plot. The character development. Chef’s kiss
Spice level: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Sexual assault, and Vomit