Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Una corte de niebla y furia by Sarah J. Maas

233 reviews

gracedayy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

As much as I enjoyed the world and the steaminess, I couldn’t engage with the writing and once the romantic tension was (finally!) broken, I skipped through. 

There were mundane things like inconsistent technologies (flushing toilets but no similarly developed communications/heating/vehicles/weaponry?) and out of place language used (‘male’/‘female’ was cringy af, why ‘go to hell’ in a world that doesn’t seem to have any religious context for hell, and can we please stop using ‘prick’?). Some of the vocab felt very thesaurus-insert and lines that were written to be jokes or zingers didn’t land, despite the characters around trying to convince us they did. 

The romantic dialog seemed juvenile with flirting coming across as very schoolyard, fights happening for no real reason, and characters seemingly being matched up quickly on vibes alone. This would be fine in a YA book if we didn’t then get non-YA smutty. Here I thought the scenarios were hot but the writing was so distracting. Attempts at sassiness or comedic brevity felt out of place and really stunted any passion building.

DV comparisons were not subtle or constructive, and the power dynamics became increasingly uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

rkeith94's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

nkmustdie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

bookabundance's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder

csifbi23's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

josiee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

allyourpagearebelongtous's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

Not a spoiler to me but maybe to others.

The change in plot direction was as jarring to me as for the main character, I think. In hindsight, maybe is wasn't a complete surprise, but it sure didn't feel like the novel I was expecting. I like that, though. 

The introduction of new characters, and the higher focus on main character development works for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ralfy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Better than the first, not great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

redheadsuperpowers's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this so much more than the first book in the series. The descriptions of the Night Court are absolutely beautiful and makes me wish it was a real place to see. The main character Feyre feels much less self insert in this, and is dealing with the events from the first book in a very real way. The slow burn was just the right speed for the situation between her and Rhys, and the way he respects and treats her gives me the warm fuzzies. The depth of world building author Sarah does in this helps make the world more believable. Feyre keeps her kind disposition while still growing in her new life. I am actually looking forward to picking up the next one. I do have to say, for a book series known as spicy🌶️, the smutty scenes are fairly tame in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism