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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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trinanom5's review

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adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.75


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autumnwitch14's review

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adventurous 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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smackeykennedy37's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0


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kelisabeth's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-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

5.0


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stellastidbits's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

Thank. God. Finally. Although the ending ruined me and made me so sad and angry 

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anndreya's review against another edition

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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


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storyorc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Entertaining again. If you are looking to shut off the brain, kick your feet, and giggle, this'll do it.

Maas is clearly trying to bring a layer more nuance than is traditionally typical for the romance genre in having Feyre struggle with her trolley problem murders and not end up with her original love interest. I welcome this. There were even a few lines that captured some real depth and wisdom. It's a step in the right direction, even if we're never really question whether Feyre will face lasting consequences any more than we do that she'll end up with Rhysand. Even if Rhysand's superiority is made clear immediately and repeatedly while Tamlin speedruns villainy. Even if it's all as subtle as a bag of bricks to the dome.

Yet again, the side-quest fairies who most closely resemble their mythological counterparts are the most interesting. In contrast to Rhysand's Inner Circle of lovely but not terribly original friends (with the possible exception of Amren), the fairy-fairies are intimidating and otherworldly. We see my favourite Suriel again, and also two (original?) delightfully sinister creatures, the Bone Carver and the Weaver. Feyre's meetings with them are the most memorable and exciting parts of the book and the only time you feel real fear that the heroes are facing something that could ruin them.

The romance payoff works too. Feyre and Rhysand are cute together, dammit, but over 600 pages, even their snarking and flirting grows repetitive. By the sixth obstacle or missed opportunity, I started hoping she'd go yell at Tamlin again just for a change of pace. Even the ending couldn't stop me skimming until Maas finally kicked into high gear with the
Tamlin and Lucien
reveal.

Other things that haunt me:
  • The idea of a fairy city having night clubs, lingerie shops, and bank accounts with lines of credit.
  • The idea that Rhysand is overpaying Feyre when she literally
    has every power and is the only one who can enact his plan to save the world
  • "Licking" as a synonym for oral. This cannot be allowed to continue
  • Rhysand's little speech about
    shaking mountains if she gave him head
      turning out to be literal. Sir, you are a head of state. You cannot be terrorising the populace with both property damage and the knowledge of why it's occurring.
  • How no-one acknowledges that Tamlin and Lucien's concern Feyre is being mind-controlled is extremely legitimate! Their personal enemy, who spent weeks publically sexually assaulting Feyre and is known for mind tricks, kidnapped her from her wedding and they're supposed to believe her letter that it's all good?? Let them be shitty control freaks without this as an excuse.
  • Nesta, a human, was described as roaring and now I'm no longer certain if all the fairies snarling and growling and roaring are doing so metaphorically too or literally, as I had assumed
  • Fairy diplomacy is WILD. I'm pleased they have different etiquette to humans but the Night Court's standard diplomatic strategy seems to be to show up and pretend to be bored sluts. Heads of state talk about Feyre's chest and
    practically fuck
    in the throne room. Consider my pearls clutched.
  • Morrigan, Azriel, and Cassian need to shit or get off the pot. Cassian makes the most valiant stab at being interesting but without the love triangle, they might all feel more like the powerful allies they're intended to be instead of teenagers.
  • What is the significance of leaving the human queens nameless? Why would Rhysand
    reveal Velaris
    now, on hope alone, when 3/4 of his tragic backstory is about protecting it?
  • The >9000 power levels erode all stakes. It's not enough for Rhysand to be able to mind kill, he has to be the Most Powerful High Lord Ever; it's not enough for Feyre to have all the High Lord powers, she can also just
    decide not to be affected by the King of Hybern's magic (persuading it was a cute idea, but immediately dropped?)
    ; it's not enough for Azriel and Cassian to match the strongest Illyrians by using siphons, they have to use SEVEN.
  • The knee tattoo idea is something you write in your notes app at 4am while listening to Broken Crown but it should have been nixed in the cold light of day

Mostly, I just wish some of the hard choices our heroes make were pushed and explored further as truly morally ambiguous. And that Lucien was in every chapter.

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meyermz's review

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25


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tesspacito2's review

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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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

UGH I love this series. A fantastic second book that really shed light of aspects of the first as well 

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vhewittreads's review

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adventurous dark 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

3.0

Too long , could have been shorter with the same effect . Enjoy the premise but dragged out 

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