Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

51 reviews

alexicass's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

After the negative things I hear about this series including this book I assumed wrong. I actually very much enjoyed this book it’s started off slow but her writing does improve more with each book. The story is very character driven and it’s actually the first book to make me feel emotions for these characters. This series finally got me back into reading ACOMAF was very good I would say that MAF is hard to beat but this book is one of my close favorites so far. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Gore, Violence, War, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

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? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was amazing. The final fight scenes gave me CHILLS. The author does such a great job connecting all the characters and making you love them so much. God it’s so good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Misogyny

evie_hry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

elthechameleon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

I truly found the second and third books of this trilogy to be incredible. The way Maas describes Velaris and every relationship (platonic, romantic, or otherwise) is with such fondness and precision.

I even loved Tamlin's small redemption arc at the end.

. I rated this book slightly higher than the second (I pretend the first doesn't exist) because it's beautiful to see Rhys's and Feyre's healthy relationship grow into something stable. I wonder if Maas wrote the trilogy this way to make these later stories so much more meaningful. Mor's revelation, the sacrifices at the ending, the building romance between

Nesta and Cassian - even the complicated tryst between Elain, Lucien, and Graysen...

It was all worth it. I hope the tv show producers make this world as diverse as I imagined it. This was stunning, and I want to escape into the warmth of this little crew again and again. Perhaps what makes this unique POV special is that the rest of the characters are surrounded by longing.

from Tamlin, to Mor, to Helion, and Lucien (that plotline I want to see wrapped up).

. Nothing is guaranteed in this world, which makes the fierce love all the better. Even the squealing amongst friends at reunions was a pure delight. (Also, did anyone else notice how Maas is so into scents?)

The scene with Rhys rubbing rosemary onto Feyre's back was really heavenly.

. Beautifully done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, and Death of parent

ayeshat98's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

Really did not like this book. That being said, the war/action scenes were really well done 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Grief, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Rape

lempivulkko's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

It made me cry, A LOT. 

esp the last 200 pages made me writhe with pain so be prepared

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

The book deals a lot with the mc’s feelings of guilt about their decisions and actions

fearsparks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual content, Violence, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death

mollyrose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

melissabynature's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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: Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Slavery, and Vomit

nyssbomb's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia