Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

196 reviews

jordan_dobbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This was an emotional roller coaster from start to finish and had me in tears at so many parts 
Oh my g o s h

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and War

epointer44's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, War, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

screaming'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Physical abuse, and Animal death

indigo_fox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Honestly, when I first started this series I wasn't sure I'd like it but I was happily proven wrong in the 2nd book. Waiting my turn to check out this book from the library was a nightmare but it was well worth it. I could hardly put it down as I wanted to learn more about the Court of Dreams and the little family that ran it. My concern for the characters and the dangers they were facing also spurred my desire to just devour this book. 

I find the writing very easy to just fall into to, it just pulls me into the books world. The sex scenes seem a bit weird sometimes, I don't get some of the wording used. Google tells me that other people have the same opinion so its not an ace thing. The writing is solid when it comes to character voices, I feel like I can see each of their distinct personalities shinning through. The characters themselves are easy to fall in love with, and I've added a few others to my list of favorites. There are so many new characters that get introduced in this book that its a bit hard to keep track of them all.

Overall, it was a fun read and I'm glad I gave the series a chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Racism, Violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Blood, Misogyny, and Murder

strubbries's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

What very much turned me off to this book was the fact that

they had literal sex in a camp filled with wounded and dying people.

Why. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

thepeculiarlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

took a minute to get through it, but glad i did. i cried twice! which i don’t do often! can’t wait to see where it goes from here!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Vomit, Violence, War, Kidnapping, Blood, and Death

firehearttt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Body horror, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse

violentpeach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

courtneykatzmeyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Alcohol, Child death, and Classism