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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

12 reviews

kelisabeth's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0


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booitsbam's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A lot better than the first book.
I was significantly less frustrated with the characters and overall plot, though I still have my qualms. 
I’m so glad we are away from Tamlin for the majority of the book, as I really did not like him in the first book and highly disliked his actions in the beginning of the second. I even extremely hate him for the last part of the book as well. I only really missed Lucien, but I was really surprised and upset by him a lot of the time he was in scene.

I really love all the new characters we’re introduced to from the Night Court; they all have their own motivations that feel realistic, but in our reality and a fantasy setting. They feel properly fleshed out for the most part. The relationships between each of them also feel plausible, along with how they came to be. 
The descriptions of the settings were pretty good and felt pretty immersive, especially since similar are often used in visual medias already so I could easily refer to something I’ve already seen to visualize the surroundings.
It’s not the best written thing I’ve read, but certainly a lot better than the first book, so that’s why I’ve rated it higher but not much higher than the first book.

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mmgreen23's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0


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squidman's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0


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rafacolog's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0


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moanareads's review against another edition

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challenging 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? No

5.0


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katievallin's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

3.0


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graceskate's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

Was not expecting to like this as much as I did. The characterization of one character in particular
(Tamlin)
dramatically changes from the first book. I think the second and third books in this series work very well together but are sort of disconnected from the first book.
If there had been bigger red flags with Tamlin in the first book or moments where the mask slipped a bit him turning into an abusive prick would have made more sense. Book 1 Tamlin and Book 2 + 3 Tamlin are very different characters and makes the first book feel disconnected. I like book 1 on it’s own and I like books 2 and 3 together but when you put the whole series together the jump between 1 and 2 doesn’t really make sense.
Besides that I enjoyed the books if you can pretend
Tamiln was showing more signs of being abusive in the first book and accept that you aren’t really going to see his character develop in that direction
then it’s pretty good.

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kay_w's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.75


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anjoscamila11's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Much better than the first book. 

 This book is a lot more focused on Feyre's character development than the plot itself. More than 70% of the story doesn't show the main conflict. Nonetheless, the "quests" before that main conflict helped to break up the self pitying and distress that comes with two main characters that have a lot of issues and don't know how to deal with them in a healty manner. 
Much like the first book, there are a lot of overused tropes and cliches. Knowing how to overlook those will make the reading experience much more enjoyable. 
Feyre and Tamlin's relationship always felt rushed and one sided. The way the she falls out of love from him and rediscovers herself felt raw and depressive, but belivable in a nice character building way. 
I enjoyed how the author played the stereotypes of the 'good' golden hero being the toxic and controlling one in the relationship and the tall dark and mysterious antagonist turning out to be loving and respectful of her boundries, provoking her enough for her to come back to life. 
The sex scenes have also setteped up a notch in how explict and frequent they are. I don't know if it is because I didin't like Tamlin at all in the first book, but Rhys's sex scene was waaay hotter.

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