Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

40 reviews

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

baearles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Child death

niinabulic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, War, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

jessica_pond's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Child death

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

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

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

therobinjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book has been the first one in a long time to leave me speechless. After the events of the past 2 books there were so many questions unanswered but the way they unravelled themselves all the way up to an epic, heart-wrenching climax was exquisite.

I absolutely loved this book. The powerful language, fast-paced actions and epic ending left me sitting at the edge of my seat, squealing with glee and excitement, crying, and feeling nothing but love for this book. A lot of main conflicts were resolved and even those which weren't were addressed in the narrative and left off in a way which didn't confuse me as a reader of make me feel cheated out of an explanation.

It can seem like a beast to get through but I loved every minute of it! Definitely recommend giving the whole series a read as I definitely will reread at some point in the future (probably multiple times)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders