Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Una corte de niebla y furia by Sarah J. Maas

74 reviews

lelyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

niinabulic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bisquii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

3 stars for quality, but 5 for escapism fantasy. Great book to just read and not think

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

The tags in ‘Moderate’ are because the events from the first book

Under the Mountain

are referenced and the characters trauma from it is addressed

campisforever's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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

4.75

This book is a stellar depiction of what it means to break, to be broken, to become different, and to learn to be loved in the midst of it. Of self actualization and growth. Of growing apart, growing together, and loving someone in a way that lets them have agency. At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be tugged in another direction from the first book, but it worked so beautifully and hit many affective beats that I needed for it to work. It’s beautiful and I love it. 

For gender nonconforming readers: the text uses “fe/male” as terms frequently enough to be annoying for me, and I expect to cause concern if that kind of language is squicky or triggering. It’s sometimes used where it doesn’t have to be as adjectival shorthand, but most often it’s a mechanism for differentiating between faeries (the way “man” and “woman” operate for humans in the text). 

As for the sex scenes:

They were… fine, I guess. I understood them as walking a fine line between what’s acceptable in mainstream publishing and what might not be, so they alternate between vague and vaguely explicit, and are rather short. The mechanics of the sex are… interesting, for lack of a better term, in part because there’s a lot of heteronormative/heterosexual shorthand that allows for “vaguely explicit.” Good on Maas for calling a cock a cock, but I’ve read better and hotter scenes in fanfiction (and queer romance, for that matter, because it doesn’t/can’t depend on the same kinds of shorthand). People are very into Chapter 55 but I didn’t find it that mindblowing and there were some turns of phrase within that I raised an eyebrow at. Spicier scenes than ACoTaR for sure, which I liked, but I didn’t find that they lived up to the hype.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

rosage's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

god damn it that fucking asshole. i can’t stand that motherfucker.

tamlin you massive piece of shit i hope you die a horrible death and rot for all eternity. lucien you are not much better you prick. you just sat there as she was abused and manipulated and did nothing but side with her abuser. fuck you both. i hope the spring court burns to the ground with the two of you inside it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment

katleenfraser03's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

anothersmutreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

My favorite book of the series, not only do I love the romance,

I love her growth and learning to love herself and deal with her trauma

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

livbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

I LOVED this book! It is amazing even though it is slower. Rhys owns my heart forever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Blood

sandra_matute's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, and War

Minor: Abandonment