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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

600 reviews

jennaz's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Fast read, hard to put down! But still some repetitive words / phrases and a bit of a corny / cringe element. Loved it tho

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

elizabethortiz96's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, War, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Sexual violence

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Classism, Blood, Cursing, Sexism, Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship

smilingsammie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Death, Torture, Blood, Eating disorder, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Classism, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

victoriakerr131's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I actually liked this one a lot more than the first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Violence

theyellowbrickreader's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, and Sexual content

wishuponajinni's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Definitely better than the first book. Maas’ strong suit is her ability to world build and weave complex plots that keep us on the edge of our seats. 

Her characters still leave much to be desired though - and by this, I mean Feyre. Perhaps because we get SO much of Feyre, and so much of the world is explained to us through her thought process (telling instead of showing, if you will). Maas’ writing just feels very frustratingly elementary to me, and I’m surprised her editor doesn’t cut back on the unnecessary, repetitive words. For example, how many times must I be told Rhys smells like lemon and pine or whatever it is? How many times must I be told that night or shadows or stars follow him around? It just makes the reader skim instead of actually want to read, and because Feyre’s character development feels so forced (we are hit over the head and over and over that she is depressed because we are told how she feels, but a single mention of her never wanting to paint would’ve been more effective than 1000 mentions of her being “shattered”. 

The writing really bothers me, unfortunately - enough that I dread the next book, as much as I want to know what happens next, plot-wise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

cheriepie's review

adventurous medium-paced

2.5

How come every time I felt like I was nearing the middle of the book or the end I would be surprised by the fact that I was nowhere near it. 

Also the scream I scrumpt when Feyre finds Rhys in the spooky woods by SMELLING HER COOCHIE ON HIM?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and War

Minor: Sexual assault

racheltrow_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

rosiem1998's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit