Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

54 reviews

josiee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Mental illness, Stalking, Biphobia, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Body shaming, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, and Death of parent

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

This is an excellent sequel to the original book, however I felt that I was missing out on key information at parts, or that some things just didn't make much sense. Like Feyre's new abilities didn't take too long to master, or how she understood what someone meant by something but there was no explanation as to what she was understanding.

However, I ate this up. The new characters grew on me immediately- Cassian, Azriel, Mor, Amren. I fell in love with Rhysand over and over again through his and Feyre's flirting, through the ways he showed how much he cared for her well-being.

Very well thought out backgrounds to events that took place in the first book, brilliant descriptions which added to the already well established worldbuilding, drama and advernture, friendship and betrayal, trust and love and heartbreak and spice. What more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, War, Confinement, and Vomit

natroze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

Enjoying these despite the heterosexuality

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Slavery, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Murder, and Rape

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

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Big upgrade from the first book. Spice level increased by a good 40%. Enjoyed watching feyre’s progress and how she flourishes. It was nice to be able to relate to her mental health problems but watching her find herself again and find what life had to offer really just inspires hope in me. I’m excited for the next book albeit I don’t believe any other book in the series will live up to the expectations of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Gore, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Torture, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Toxic relationship, and War

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

shaunaxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Grief, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, War, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

The only exciting part of this book was picking out what Maas stole from the Black Jewels series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship