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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

179 reviews

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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

3.5

Page 2 and the fragmented sentences are back. 😂

As expected, the poor writing and editing bothered me, especially the fragmented sentences.

Sample:

I had not dared to ask for more details about Cassian and Azriel — or my sisters. In terror of knowing how bad it had been — and what I'd do if their healing turned grim. What I'd bring down upon these people.

Healing. Alive and healing. I reminded myself of that every day.

Even when I still heard their screams, smelled their blood.

But I did not ask for more. Did not risk touching the bond beyond that first time.

How difficult is it to edit this book that it appeared as if the editors gave up? PSA for all the apologists for bad writing: claiming that the phrasing of the sentences is due to us reading Feyre's mind is simply a poor excuse for the poor writing. If you ever wonder why I still read this series even though I keep complaining about the writing, I can admit that I was foolish enough to buy all the books in the series before I read the first book because I succumbed to the hype. In my defense, I purchased the series when I regained my love for reading, also known as when I emerged from my 3-year reading slump, and I was too excited to buy anything that caught my interest. I am too frugal with money that I continue reading the series even if I dislike the writing, simply because I already bought all the books. Anyway.

I don't hate fantasy books being long. I actually like it when fantasy books are long because I know that it takes a lot to describe the world and give the backstories of the events and characters. BUT ACOWAR is too long, in my opinion. It could have been 200 pages shorter if Maas didn't repeat scenes over and over again.

I won't deny that I liked ACOWAR more than ACOTAR and ACOMAF.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Rape, and Grief

littletiramisu'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rosiem1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, and War

strange_abalone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

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

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

Minor: Incest, Vomit, and Death of parent

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

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

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

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Alcohol

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Vomit

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War

razzledazzlez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and War

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment