Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

164 reviews

anikataylor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

OMG I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE HYPE UNTIL I READ IT. I loved this sm!! The first one got me thinking like hmm idk how well this series would go for me but oh my goodness did she deliver with this one. In book one I was kinda like ew Rhys why does she have chemistry with we like Tam but this book changed that completely! The development of the story and characters was so good and left me so excited for the next one! I love Rhys and feyre together so it's just so perfect

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and War

Minor: Alcohol

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

_evyn_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The feels being evoked are a little too real in this series. It's not just faeries trucking. Question who's the hero and who, the villain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

gabbyeleene'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Kidnapping

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

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

catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

0.75

Don't read this review unless you're ready for me to be unnecessarily harsh. I don't like this book and think it's a travesty in so, so many ways. I understand I am not the target audience nor is it written to be a profound work of classic literature, but the fact remains that I feel it fails even within that tapestry of perspective.

ACOMAF picks up three months after ACOTAR and you are suddenly hit with the realization that in those three months SIGNIFICANT character development has occurred!! Offpage, offscreen. Tamlin is now major dickhead dumbass and Feyre is very sad. Reminder, this is NOT how we left them. Feyre was happy to have freed Tamlin from a curse and is getting married to him.
But in the back of her mind, sexy, sexy Rhysand (known dickhead in the first book) made her make a deal. However, he seems to have "forgotten" that deal until her (dreaded) wedding day when he whisks her away, finally reneging on her deal. They trade barbs, she bites her thumb at him, etc. When she returns, Tamlin in response to this becomes jealous and overprotective.

Right away, if you are familiar with the first book, this entire sequence should seem odd. Tamlin was sexy, sexy understandy man who valued Feyre and Rhysand was sexy man but also evil and he killed innocent people. Now the two personalities have flip-flopped--Tamlin is sexy with a bad side and Rhysand is soooo understanding and empathetic. 

I'm not against this dynamic, but for 600+ page book more time could've been clearly spent on that development instead of just throwing us in the first page. Instead, we get tons and tons of scenes of characters who instantly befriend Feyre, talk about her vague powers, "training," and will-they-won't-they dynamics between the two MCs. 

At the end, Rhysand's

murderous behavior in ACOTAR is justified as a combination of being misblamed/killing people who deserved it

and while it works, it's too late. 

The biggest thematic issue of this series is in its inception--it is not fantasy romance, it's just romance with a high fantasy setting. Many of the fantastical elements seem to revolve around Feyre's relationship and warp to meet her expectations. The magic system in particular has effectively no rules yet it goes to be the crux of nearly EVERY plotline in the book. Yes, including the romances!

This is not really a story, this is a trope payoff with 550 pages of fluff to justify said tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

geekgoddess1221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

The saga of romanticized Stockholm syndrome and trauma bonding with sexy undertones continues. Definitely nothing problematic here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lmb3393's review against another edition

challenging slow-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

2.0

Too many unnecessary details, I got really confused and just gave up on finishing the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Classism