Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Dvůr mlhy a hněvu by Sarah J. Maas

102 reviews

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

vladtheimpaler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad 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: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Grief

katleenfraser03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

jordantung's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Grief

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Holy wow… Mackenzie had told me that book one was eh but book two was where it was at and MAN SHE WAS SO RIGHT. I FLEW through this book! (Spoiler) Wow Rhys and Feyras relationship was so well written. I loved all the little moments that made their romance so much more believable than the insta-love crap that Tamlin and Feyra had. Also Tamlin is messed the hell up, Lucien is a little pushover bitch, FUCK THOSE QUEENS AND HIGH PRIESTESSES, I loved the found family Feyra gained. And that ending??? I was on the edge of my seat! That was such a wild ride!!! Oh and chapters 54 and 55? I do understand now also there was a chapter several chapters before that was delicious as well. Wow this was just such a fun read that I didn’t want to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

farncc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Vomit

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexism

fiasandia's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? It's complicated

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexual harassment

rachelmay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Grief

elskabee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

 [NO SPOILERS] // 3.5 // oh... I kinda get it now
(read on audiobook)

This was SO much more enjoyable than ACOTAR. I really was starting to wonder why this series is so popular after finishing the first book which was mostly boring and underwhelming. This book was a HUGE improvement. We had:
- a much more well-developed and enjoyable romance
- a much more proactive Feyre
- the book kept the pace up (unlike ACOTAR which crawled along)
- the characters had downtime but it never dragged because meaningful things where still ocurring (e.g. character development)
- characters that were better developed and more interesting
- I really enjoyed the character dynamics, like it's one of this book's greatest strengths

But it's not all good I'm afraid...
3.5 is a respectable score (especially considering how low I rated ACOTAR) but I couldn't justify rating higher due to some non-ignorable pitfalls:
- sjm's wrting style is still quite repetitive and it still bothers me
- some of the sex-scenes were a bit too gratuitous. I know this is a romance, but it still has a plot and wasting time with sex scenes that aren't really there to progress plot or character relationships seems a bit pointless when there's SO many, some back to back. (that said some of the sex scenes were used really well!)
- So. Much. Exposition. there was a chunk maybe a third in where you get like 4 character's backstories dumped on you and then you get a whole bunch of lore and other world-building heaped on top of that shortly after. It's too much too soon, I even had to rewind my audiobook to replay that section because I literally could not absorb all that info at once.
- Which brings me to: too much telling not enough showing. I don't need to know everything at once, drip feed it I beg you
- If my above points didn't make it clear: this book coulda done with some pruning down to maybe 500-ish pages and not suffered too much. There's even some side-questy stuff that could be trimmed or completely removed tbh.

And lastly... Not a spoiler I promise, but the end happens VERY fast. I know it's leading into the next book, but it's all a bit rushed with six thousand things being revealed at once and zero time to stew in them.

I think I will give at least the last in the original trilogy a shot based on this moderate success. Don't count me as an sjm stan yet, but like I kinda get it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Sexism and Vomit

sunsetcity's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like I say this for every book by this author, but the beginning was a little slow, but the ending really ramped up leading the star rating. I enjoyed the characters introduced in this one and the further backstory we got from other characters. As always, SJM completely flips the characterization of her characters in the second book, which would have annoyed me if I didn't know it was coming. I admit that I rolled my eyes at some of the lines and scenes in this book, but overall it was an entertaining read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder