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bethy_joy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism
filipallo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Alcoholism
jaelaheath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
First I want to talk about the few things that I really liked about this book…
Nesta. I hated Nesta before this book, and while her perspective doesn’t justify some of the things that she has done, it makes sense. Like the whole situation with their childhood and her resentment towards her father, mwah. Her character growth and realizing that she is not the mistakes she has made, i have grown to honestly love her.
The house, I think it is absolutely beautiful that Nesta
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a death god of sortsSpoiler
the rite, I liked the dynamic of fortified female friendship, the girls showing how badass they’d trained to become, and the sacrifices they made for each other. First friendship ever fully developed in this series in my opinionAnd thats it. Literally.
Now for what I HATED.
The sex scenes were literally jump scares, Nesta always compares his dick to a sword?? At one point she literally describes their sex as impaling herself.. I’m sorry please it was so bad. My vagina literally sewed itself shut reading that. SJM needs an anatomy class too I’m pretty sure because the way she describes breasts… you’d think she doesn’t have any of her own. Not to mention, that it did not make sense. One second Cassian would say “I love Nesta, she destroyed me” the next scene he was saying “her ass is on display for me” to telling her that everyone hates her?? Like Jesus, pick one. Are you in love with her, is she an object, or do you hate her? So poorly written.
Also, SJM is SO bad at writing villains, the villain was boring, flat, and pointless. Every female villain she rights is exactly this, so sooooooo boring. And then every male villain? A rapist. Why are there so many rapists in this world? (I know it’s kind of accurate, but seriously get more creative)
And her hero’s??????????? Almost worse. She creates these beautiful powers and women who are so badass and powerful and then she just rips it away before it’s even good. Like Amren??
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and Nesta, develops her powers and learns to hone her strength and be selfless, and then just gives it away?? I get saving Feyre after Feyre has done so much to save Nesta BUT, the one things “the mother” gives her back is an Illyrian birth canal? Spare me.Rhysand… god this book RUINED rhysand for me. He’s so “I love women’ and letting them make choices” but then
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literally withholds important medical information from Feyre about the fact that her baby could literally kill her?? And then basically threatens to kill Nesta for telling her??In fact the entire inner circle pissed me off in this book. Hopefully Nesta is just an unreliable narrator but they were all such dicks omg. Even Cassian the “love interest”.
SJM is so predictable with her endings it’s TIRING.
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Yet another ending where there are no real consequences, no one of any importance actually dies, so no I will never believe that any one is going to stay dead in these damned books. It’s not that I want the characters to die, but God don’t put them in dire circumstances time and time again if you are never going to kill anyone. If Nesta had sacrificed her life for Emerie and Gwyn or for Feyre and the baby, this would’ve been so much betterAnyways this book was bad. And had far too many pages.
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Sexual content, Murder, Gore, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, and Death of parent
not_asha01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Confinement, Alcoholism, Rape, War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Cursing, Blood, Stalking, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Murder
prettynerdy3's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, War, Torture, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault
paigeinabook's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Body horror, Excrement, Hate crime, Addiction, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Gore, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy
theatomicblonde22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
aggrano's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Medical trauma, Cursing, Grief, War, Alcoholism, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Emotional abuse
raquelreads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Violence
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Violence
literallysam's review against another edition
- 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
First off, I take back every bad thing I've said about Nesta- The best thing about the book is Nesta's character development. It's no secret that she was prolly the one of the most disliked characters in ACOTAR due to her hedious behaviour throughout the series. But by the end of this novel I was in love with Ness.❤️🩹
Nesta is a complex and deeply flawed character, haunted by her past and battling her own demons. As the story unfolds, we witness her transformation from a broken and bitter individual to someone who learns to confront her fears and accept her own strength.
The romance between Nesta and Cassian is electric and fullll of tension. There is a lot of witty banter between them, which is adorable as well as sarcastic at the same time. The chemistry building is just excellent and their interactions sizzle with desire and vulnerability.
However, the book also explores the importance of self-love and personal growth outside of a romantic relationship, which adds even more depth & complexity to the story.
SJM'S EXECUTION STYLE IS THE AIR TO MY LUNGS. She handled Nesta's character arc with so much sensitivity, that I was left empathising with her and rooting for her as she navigated the challenges that came her way. The book has so many action-packed scenes with quieter moments of introspection. The plot has some really good and intriguing twists and turns. Plus the dialogues are filled with genuine emotions and are just soo good that I cried so many times that I've lost count.🥹
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I could see the building romance between or should I say potential romance between Az and Gwyn and I absolutely love it.
Also, everytime Feysand entered the page, I absolutely cherished it. I think the only thing I didn't like was pregnant Feyre. I mean It just felt really rushed after how they wanted to take it slow and everything but still I couldn't be happier for them.😭💞
That said, it's worth noting that this book includes some really explicit content so pls look into TWs before reading.
Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, War, Violence, Sexism, Death, and Domestic abuse