Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

108 reviews

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jalepahe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

I definitely did not think I would LOVE this book as much as I did. The growth between Feyre and Rhys, separately and together, was so fucking wonderful to read through, to the point that I was grinning and sobbing at one point. I don't really consider this enemies to lovers though, and there is a 'there was only one bed' moment. Overall, a wonderful read. Wish I had annotated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

silfron's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.0

The last time I read so much about males and females and males fighting other males for females I was looking at screenshots from an incel forum.

Ok. There were good parts. In particular, the heist with Amren and Feyre. Amren in general.

Hey. Why did you make me read so many hours of Feyre agonizing over Tamlin. Over leaving him. Over moving on from him. Over being attracted to another person after 2 months. And just when I think there's gonna be some kind of emotional resolution, or she's going to like really deal with her shit, it's revealed that

Feyre and Rhysand are fated mates, and the thing with Tamlin was doomed from the start. NO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT ANYMORE! AAAAAUUUGGGHHHHHHHH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Stalking

samflowerv6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

I love Feysand!!! some times it felt corny but it was so fun. I loved the Night Court antics, Feyre’s healing and all the high risk adventures. I love Mor and Amren too!! That last bit had me on my TOES. Feyre is just my #1 girl and obviously I’m in love with Rhysand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

whyohchai's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book in many ways, for taking

a traditional love interest and turning it on it's head and showing how the type of men we romanticize in media are in reality, controlling and unhealthy, for taking the protagonist's trauma seriously and exploring how deeply she would be affected by it and how difficult it would be to work through it, and the emphasis that is placed on Rhys being attractive because of how he supports Feyre and considers her right to choose to be sacred, wants her as his full equal, and works to see and understand her and to be vulnerable enough to show her the parts of him that he is ashamed. He's also a interesting, dynamic love interest in many ways.

But the author really struggles with characterization point blank (the characters are mostly deeply bland and we do not understand who these people are and why they care for each other), character development, can't handle balancing plot with romance and struggles deeply with world building and even basic things like the description of the world and paintings around them, and worst, the author uses

character retcon and assassination as a crutch instead of doing the work to show a more nuanced and complicated take on abusive relationships and the way a person's true character takes time to show/how our rose-tinted perception of a person can hide their flaws, and also constantly undermines her own ham-fisted feminist takes (having Rhys repeat the word "choice" 10,000 times in the books to convey he's a feminist JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT -- though his very actions contradict this but the author just glosses over it because she does not have the writing skill to create a true feminist partner!! ) by ignoring the fact that for example, Rhys in this book and going forward in multiple circumstances hides information from Feyre and does not in fact fully respect her personhood and her right to make her own decisions. Placing Feyre in a deeply traumatic and dangerous situation in the Crone's Hut, without her knowledge, and driven by a paternalistic view of how and when he believed Feyre should address her trauma, was abusive and controlling.

The author also still leans too much on an archaic framing of gender and heteronormative relationships, despite some efforts to do the opposite, which results in corny dialogue and interactions, and the idea of "mates" which undermines all of the romance in the entire series, and also a concept is deeply unclear and problematic (it's based on breeding? and is generally positively framed

even though Rhys' parents were mated and his father was  abusive?).

Also, this series is fantasy and has a plot in the way a person wearing bunny ears on Halloween is a rabbit. Feels like serious mis-advertisement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

a_familiar_place'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and War

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

wowsmeows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism