Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

43 reviews

amelisan's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, War, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Alcohol, Torture, and Slavery

floweratmyfeet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Blood, Classism, Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Slavery, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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: Violence, Sexual content, Blood, and War

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture, Rape, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, and Kidnapping

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Truly sad to see this series go. A little Disney towards the end but that’s why we read books, to escape reality. The maturing of the characters and plot was great, and some lingering questions were answered. Good read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Classism and Toxic friendship

Minor: Slavery and Misogyny

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, and Vomit

reddeddy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Kidnapping, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sunsetcity's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Death of parent, Sexual content, War, Blood, Sexual assault, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Torture, and Toxic relationship

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

I felt so many emotions when I read this. The book begins with Feyre being the fox among chickens, where she schemes and plots and tears apart the Spring Court, after both Tamlin and Ianthe betrayed her. When Feyre is satisfied, she returns to the Night Court, where they have to deal with the after effects of the misadventure on Hybern. What follows is lots of war prep, alliances, feelings, and WAR. 

This was so good, I greatly enjoyed this story. I’m looking forward to more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Stalking, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Child abuse

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

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