Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

139 reviews

gabriella_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I was gearing myself up to not like this book but I find it to be really entertaining. I think it allows a break from the sadness that was the last book. It was really interesting to delve more into other characters and to see how they try to find happiness post war and death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent

imcalledzoe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

m_parker9612's review against another edition

hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Grief

lakinglaze's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Parts of this were really interesting, but overall it just wasn’t my jam. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Blood

heather_harrison's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

Was this fluffy and fun and essentially just a set up to transition into ACOSF…? Yes. 

Did I devour it and kick my heels while reading it anyway. Yes, yes I did. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

hannah_beth_mays24's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, and Animal death

druzyquartz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing sad 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

3.75

Out of the series I've liked this one the least. Still a good read but I just didn't love the plot and couldn't find myself to care about most of the characters. The only character I really enjoyed reading about was Elaine, I'm usually more invested in the other characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, and War

amyreh's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness

kat1105's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This audiobook is six and a half hours long and I swear at least an hour of it is Feyre angsting over spending money while poor faerie war orphans starve in poor faerie Africa or whatever. Very "do they know it's Christmas".

Tbh, I consider banter to be one of SJM's strongest suits, so this is a pretty strong entry into the canon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Dysphoria

If you have holiday trauma/a strained relationship with your family, this might bring up some stuff. Also, two of the characters are hella depressed.