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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

87 reviews

tripsy_gypsy's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really enjoyed this next installment in the series. Its not a literary masterpiece but it is an emotional rollercoaster.

As much as I feel some parts were rushed over it was more than made up for by the characters and the banter.

I did find I predicted a lot as I went along but it didn't take away any of the enjoyment of the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

specklesfrog's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Grief, Lesbophobia, Alcohol

_teasles_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Definitely better than the first two books. Quite enjoyed this one. I am glad at least part of the situation between Mor, Cassian and Azriel had been sorted in terms of Fayre's understanding as Mor's attitude had been annoying. I am also glad Nesta finally pulled herself together and that Elain was finally a least bit useful but her naivety is still infuriating. I hate how Tamlin got a bit of a redemption arc in this book, that man deserves no sympathy or kindness whatsoever and I hope he burns in hell. I am glad Amren got her happy ending I guess but looking forward to see how she develops as a person. I wish the universe for Azriel he is by far my favourite out of everyone and I will say I am quite partial to Tarquin and Lucien too. Hoping to hear more about the story of Bryaxis, seems quite an interesting fellow. And I feel so bad for Clotho and the other priestesses/acolytes in the library, I hope they can find the library safe once again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

kiwichill's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

jaxienine's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War

ananya_b's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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This was certainly an improvement to the series after the wild ride that was ACOMAF. There was a lot going on plot-wise, and the pacing kept me hooked till the last page. Maas has also developed her characters and their relationships better than in the last book — for instance, I like how

this book shows Tamlin to be deeply flawed and toxic, but certainly not an outright villain; or how

Nesta gets progressively warmer and more humanised. However, I would also have loved to see Feyre apologising and trying to make it up to the people she hurts through her decisions and mistakes, instead of just admitting it to herself and then forgetting about it.

The language is more flowery than in ACOMAF, but Maas's style of writing quickly gets repetitive and annoying — I lost count of the number of times "a trail of corpses/destruction/dead bodies was left in his/her/its wake." It's easy to overlook these flaws, though, for a book that's beginning to wrap up Feyre's story — and it's definitely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

klara_lovelace's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

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If the first 50 pages hadn't been so long-winded it would have been 5/5(but that's probably just me😅) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Outing

Minor: Animal death

brilloplaid's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse

katlynnnxo's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional 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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, War