Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

158 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

tinyarthoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, War, Death, Torture, Slavery, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

beingbri_lliant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: War

butilikeit's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

nkmustdie's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Slavery, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

escsmith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

So many things happen in this, its a whirlwind.
There were tears even on the fourth reading of this. There are so many types of love shown in this and so much action and adventure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I really enjoyed this read. After reading ACOMAF, I was wondering if this one would live up to that book. It’s a tall order, but I thoroughly enjoyed this.

I enjoyed that this book had a lot more politics involved, with all of the courts involved and getting to learn their backstories.

I’m interested to see what happens with the other queen and also Tamlin. Even though he had some redemption this book, he’s still not a great person and deserved what happened to him and that he lost everything.

Really happy with Nesta’s character arc this book and really liked getting to know her more as a character. I feel like we still haven’t really gotten to see Elain so we’ll see how her story progresses in the next few books. 

Spoiler

The ending had me sobbing when their dad showed up with the 3 ships and at his death. I will say, I felt almost.. disappointed that everyone else lived?? Like, there needed to be a larger sacrifice, something super heart wrenching. I really thought she was going to leave Amren gone. I knew Rhys wasn’t going anywhere so while it was hard to read, I wasn’t overly worried. I was pretty sure either Cassian or Azriel would be casualties and was surprised Maas wrote everyone to live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Violence, Blood, War, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, War, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Cursing, Gore, and Genocide

caseydouglas1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War, Death, Death of parent, and Torture

spicycronereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Loved it. I laughed and I cried. This one was action-packed with lots of twists and turns. I devoured it in one day. The author suddenly inserted more queer characters which was nice to see (the first two books are overwhelmingly straight). The spice seemed truncated and  less explicit in this book. I prefer it to be more detailed. But otherwise a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent