Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

25 reviews

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kelisabeth's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

j_day's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

lakinglaze's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the graphic audio version of the book a little more than just reading the book. It made it a little more entertaining. The switch from first person to third person limited each chapter still throws me off and even more so in this production with the narrator. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

lakinglaze's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

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

3.5

Parts of this were really interesting, but overall it just wasn’t my jam. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

hannah_beth_mays24's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Grief

kaaaaaaaa's review

funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This audiobook is six and a half hours long and I swear at least an hour of it is Feyre angsting over spending money while poor faerie war orphans starve in poor faerie Africa or whatever. Very "do they know it's Christmas".

Tbh, I consider banter to be one of SJM's strongest suits, so this is a pretty strong entry into the canon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Dysphoria

If you have holiday trauma/a strained relationship with your family, this might bring up some stuff. Also, two of the characters are hella depressed.

tabea1409's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

krosebooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is just the book the series needed after A Court of Wings and Ruin. Through this holiday experience we are able to relax and find comfort in the characters healing process. That is not to say raw emotions aren't shown.

Nesta especially is struggling with her mental health.

I loved the juxtaposition this book showed. No fighting, not much political scheming, just people who love each other trying to piece together their fallen world.

Also bonus points for the multiple perspectives, including everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fullybookedlola's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was beautiful. It was that sort of needed read between the war and every chaos of the previous books and what's coming next. It was relaxing, to just read about festive times and love. Love how we also got so much more insight in the other characters their lifes. It's a little treasure and SJM nails it every damn time. Onto the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War