Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

38 reviews

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Despite this one feeling longer and a bit slower than the previous books, it might have been my favorite? I like how Tamlin's character evolves, I like the twists, I like the complicated politics of the war and everyone's relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide

shafirareads's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

I was a sobbing mess after I finished this. I don't know what to say. I think this book is more perfect as the last book of the series and the next books are just novellas. It kinda makes me not want to read the next books, but I'm still curious to what happen after the war with Hybern, whether the humans and the faes can live side by side. But this book, it was really good from the start until the end. I kinda disappointed in the middle of the story because Feyre didn't fully use her powers, but she always did something unexpected. I'm proud of her. I'm proud of The Court of Dreams and the ones fighting beside them. To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered. Hopefully, I can still enjoy the next two books as this book and the second book.

Spoiler

The beginning of Feyre destroying Spring Court is certainly made a strong impression.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Spoiler

Rhys died but came back just like Feyre did Under The Mountain

josiee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Stalking, War, Ableism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

hopeistryingtoread's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

sarahemhavens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, War, Blood, Classism, Death, Torture, and Sexual violence

nimeneth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Gore, Death, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

cocoa_butter12's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Vomit, Violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Grief, War, and Gore

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

clare072's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Rape, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Vomit, Child death, Classism, and Alcohol

ktmcd26's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was one where a lot seemed to happen at the same time that very little seemed to happen. The plot moved along swiftly, but there was little change in the relationships between the characters.

Being a war book, the beginning part was a lot of scheming and the end was a lot of battles. Many new characters were introduced, but none were fully fleshed out. That seems to be a weakness of this series as a whole; only a few small set of characters get fleshed out with any sense of depth. 

Spoiler

Everyone survived, and I really didn’t appreciate it. Maas will supposedly injure her characters, but they are always fine in the end, which just gives me the feeling of why did I just read this book. At least, Rhys, Cassian, and Armen should be dead.

An a final complaint, the word mate is used far to frequently. We get it. There are mates, but they can use each others names. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual violence

giraffae's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

I‘d say the pace is a bit weird at places. The first 100p a lot happens, then nothing for 300p or so and then the finale hits. That finale is grand though. And though I wish some characters had been integrated into the sory better and focused on more, if you love the main characters you‘ll have a splendid time.
The author is very good at
capturing the main characters’ trauma as well as writing genuine horror elements into the plot where you least expect them.
Any complains I do have mostly stem from the previous two installments and differnece in taste between me and the author. I can respect that she focuses on other aspects of the story and characters and her disregard for things I would have love to see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault