Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

51 reviews

speckledstars's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

This book has a lot more action and story than the other books, which are based more on emotion and relationships. Some weird plot twists, as always, and a bit of deus ex machina. Though the book was still very enjoyable

Spoiler:

I also wish some of the characters had actually stayed dead. But I won’t complain too much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Torture, Death, and War

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia

skk111321's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Murder, War, Sexual content, Grief, Xenophobia, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Death, Misogyny, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Torture, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Genocide, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

waterwolves's review against another edition

adventurous 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

kay_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Slavery

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dysphoria, Excrement, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Body horror, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Blood, Colonisation, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Slavery, and Child death

amartin48's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Honestly, after falling in love with ACOMAF, this next installment in the series fell a bit flat. 

First and foremost, this is a book about war. While I felt the pacing worked well, the battle scenes did start to feel repetitive, and I felt myself eager to get past the action and on to some character development. Speaking of which, I felt as if the characters took smaller strides of development as compared to the last book. For instance,

Feyre made leaps and bounds in ACOMAF in terms of growing into someone who could accept love, who could love herself, and who was confident enough in herself to be powerful. I was hoping to see Nesta and Elain, who were also put through a traumatic transformation, have similarly dramatic character arcs, but it seemed they didn't change all that much by the end. Not only that, but Rhysand and Feyre seemed a little stagnant in their relationship in this book. As a reader who was invested in their relationship, I'm so happy to see them happy, but I was also looking forward to seeing they work through some real difficulties as a couple.

Essentially, this book seemed to be a bit more plot-driven than its predecessor, which is not necessarily a bad thing, it just wasn't what I was expecting. 

However, what really let me down about the plot was the constant deus ex machina that seemed to be wrapping up the hardships of this book in a pretty bow. Instances such as

the seemingly unending supply of surprise armies that came to save the day, or that there were no really big sacrifices that anyone had to make. Sure, Rhys "died" briefly, but the entire main cast made it out alive. Even Amren after what was supposed to be a big sacrifice moment. That, and Tamlin being portrayed as this irredeemable villian, but he just so happens to show up as a good guy at all the right moments?

The convenience of it all really took me out of the story at times.  

That all being said, I have to admit that I still enjoyed this read, and it had some lovely twists and turns that kept me turning pages. I felt invested in all the main characters, and I was cheering them all on from page one. This felt like a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. That, and it does leave room and intrigue for other spin off stories, which is a very exciting aspect of this in-process series!
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, War, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Rape, Mental illness, Murder, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Genocide

lizzydreadful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, War, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Body horror, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, and Death of parent

alices13thdiary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

nesta, elain, helion, and lucien solo everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, War, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Domestic abuse

culzean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Violence, Blood, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Cursing, Body shaming, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Torture