Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

517 reviews

anastasio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

This first book was a bit hard to read it felt really slow to me the second book gripped my heart strings and I couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Violence

Minor: War

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

forestnymph22's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is the third book in the ACOTAR series and I am really enjoying the characters and learning more about their backstories and seeing how they interact with one another. There were quite a few times during this book where something totally unexpected happened and I love that in a book. I’m looking forward to starting the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Lesbophobia

caffeinatednymph's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and War

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

issakhi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

katie0528's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

I don't get the hype for these books. I really, really don't. I listened to the audiobook which dragged on for a plodding 25 hours. Like the first two books, the first and last 100 pages are action-packed to the point it's almost overwhelming, but the middle is mind-numblingly boring. We're on the precipice of war, but we can spend weeks and weeks searching for allies that may or may not support us. There are so many threads that just raise questions with no answers (wtf was that Swan Princess side plot that went NOWHERE and "well it sucks for her to deal with that"), and there were three different Deus Ex Machinas in the final fight, Feyre and her friends were so overwhelmed. Idk how a massive world war across dozens of kingdoms can start and end in about 6 hours of audiobook but somehow Mass made it happen. I'd like the other 19 hours of my life back please.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

nin3423's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

Better than the first and second books. 
This book could have been probably 200 pages shorter. I wish most of the book was like the last 1/4th. 
Sarah Maas has some really good moments, but she can never just let them be comforting or sad or anything, she seems to always need to add an intimate scene. I find her writing lackluster and bland as well. I find there is a lack of vocabulary and find her word choices repetitive. 
Some of the plot is well done, but this book had many cop-outs, which is unfortunate because she could have taken the plot in many different directions that would have been amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Slavery

earlgreyjedi'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow the cast and crew went hard on this one! Absolutely stunning, and the music mixing was phenomenal! Had me crying all over again gosh darn it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence

lexkazokas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Sexual content