Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

506 reviews

ckyoung's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Murder, and Sexual content

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.5

The ending of the book had a lot happening. My brain kinda hurts. But I also couldn’t put it down. Great book kinda long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, War, Confinement, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

extracellestial's review against another edition

adventurous 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: War, Sexual content, Violence, and Death

euphvrian's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

okay i saw someone else describe this book as a rubber band ready to snap and i cant agree more! tell me why a big chunk (cough the real reason this book is 700 pages cough) is so slowww and maybe a lil repetitive ( oops! still love u sarah j mass thank you so so much for this series i am eatinggggg) but lowkey i fell into a mini slump and took an almost month long break (read a whole other book in between as well as prob a big book size of ao3 fics but that’s honestly due to a diff obsession that came in full swing before i knew what was happening) but ANYWAYS back on topic i came back to acowar yesterday with 200 pages left and i was DETERMINED! it really helped that boom everything that took so long to set up suddenly fell into place and wowwwww the progression of events was wild! i loved it and was even pleasantly surprised to gasp at more than a couple shocking twists i wasn’t expecting. what i love about the acotar series is how easy it is to fall into the world and feel involved with the characters and environment <3 
- to be fair ! i understand why this book is so long, feyre and the inner circle go through SO much, like literally damn i think i need a support group after that and honestly they would all thrive from one too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and Incest

self-sacrificing tendencies, overuse of the word “mate”

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Murder

desana75's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

meapassmore124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

If I could rate this book higher I would. I will be chasing this high for the rest of my life. It was an emotional rollercoaster (in the best way possible). I am so connected to these characters. I love you Rhysand <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Violence

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Child death

anupammahadeo's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

I am not the target demographic of this book series. This is a fantasy embedded with a modern, smutty, romance novel within (complete with “mating bonds” that are basically text messaging). This book somewhat takes a step back from the romance plot of the series and focuses on the fantasy aspect, but it continues to be plagued with tonal inconsistency, and somewhat indulgent “always a bigger fish” world building that doesn’t always make sense. Characters jump from having angsty, teasing conversations that wouldn’t be out of place in a 2024 high school to grand, epic speeches about shaping the world in the blink of an eye, and it lessens the impact of both moments immensely. Characters are also constantly introduced as all-powerful, mysterious monsters, just to then be killed off to demonstrate the power of a bigger threat. 
And of course, rounding out some of my criticism is the concept of a “mating bond” which, in conjunction with the smattering of smutty sex scenes in this series, kind of just felt icky when choice and freedom to love are themes Maas tries to discuss. 
There’s a lot wrong with the logic of the narrative, the characters themselves, the pacing and sequence of cliches at the end of the book to possibly be discussed - but yet this was a relatively enjoyable read. 
All of these problems are there with a deepish reading, but on a semi-superficial reading of this book, I found the characters to be interesting if a little cartoonish, and enjoyed learning about the world that Maas dreamed to life in these pages. There may be some problematic themes or writing, and sure the book does not hold up to criticism from either a literary or fantasy POV, but I couldn’t help but still overall enjoy reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Cursing

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Death