Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

304 reviews

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

jacqh23's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Although I’m still not a huge fan of this author’s writing style I must admire the world building and ideas she comes up with. Like I really separate the story from the quality of writing here because the story does actually keep getting better and the writing along with it compared to the prequels. There’s more symbolism and foreshadowing which I enjoy though some parts are still predictable. I used to rate many things like movies, shows, and books highly if it evoked some emotion from me but the writing style is too big a hindrance to ignore. I’m not even sure how I feel rating it 4/5. I didn’t expect to feel so attached to the characters, I was tense and stressed during tumultuous plot arcs and even cried towards the end unexpectedly. I’m excited to see where this story leads to though and I really enjoy the characters of Feyre and Rhys, I think because the author is married she has insight into that type of bond or connection, the way they’re written always comes back to their peace of mind and connection which really solidifies the story. I think it makes them and the whole story along with the rest of the characters, much more real, more human (pun intended). Although the plot dragged at times it was more fast paced than not. Especially since the whole book

leads up to war you can feel the tension rising and the fear/urgency/anticipation culminating.

I wouldn’t say the character development is strong but it’s definitely there, between the lines of the plot. Like

Feyre learning to fly or Elain not being as depressed, even Nesta a bit too with her magic and trusting Amren but also developing the sister bond between them three. Even Tamlin we see a bit of personal growth like he saved Feyre when she escaped the Hybern camp and saved Rhys when he died and he said be happy Feyre which was nice.

I’d give this a 3.9 out of 5, not quite breaching the 4.0 threshold but definitely better than it’s prequels in writing, world building, and character development/introductions. Sadly can’t rate higher than a 3.75 on here. The writing style and lack of details or descriptions hinders the plot several times especially with a fantasy book and world building. Like many plot holes could be pointed out and I felt like certain things were only clarified because the fans critiqued the author for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Gore

ladyzbyrd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The best book so far in this series! The last dozen chapters had me pacing and gasping and squawking and yelling and nearly crying while following the action! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Cursing, and Death

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and War

smilingsammie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, War, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Classism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Rape, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gore, and Death of parent

brichambo's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Grief and Death

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Sexism, Gaslighting, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, War, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

alamayhem_reads's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

This was by far my favorite book in the ACOTAR series thus far. I binged the rest of this book in 4 hours today because I was that immersed and absorbed in the story.  I just could not bring myself to put it down.

Everything about this book was what I have been wanting and looking for in this series. It really helped me to connect with the characters even deeper and made me want to read the rest of the books in this series ASAP. 

The beginning of this book was so much fun to read. Seeing sarcastic, conniving, and sassy Feyre was everything I could ever dream of. The way she was around Tamlin and the games that she played literally had me screaming — both internally and externally.

I then loved the High Lord meeting and everything that we learned throughout that scene alone. I was literally gasping out loud and just in so much shock from every new piece of information that we were given.

I also loved being able to learn more about Nesta and Elain. It makes me really excited to read ACOSF and learn more about both Nesta. Genuinely, Elain is kind of my baby. I love her so much. She’s so sweet, pure, intelligent, and kind. I am really excited to get more insight into Nesta’s mind in ACOSF because she is so darn feisty and badass. Also her and Cassian? Heck yeah, sign me up. The chemistry in this book alone was immaculate and I can’t wait to get more content with them as well.

People are not kidding when they say the last 100 pages of a Sarah J. Maas book are insane. The last 100 pages of this novel actually had me gasping, screaming, crying, and essentially falling off of my bed. SO much happens, it is kinda insane. This is exactly why I could do literally nothing else in my day other than finish this book haha. I am genuinely still trying to process and recover from everything that happened.

I loved the twists, their father coming back and redeeming himself, and just how incredible the Archeron sisters are. Everyone worked together to defeat Hybern and it was the most satisfying thing to read ever.

In the end, this book has just solidified my love for this series and I am in awe of how incredible it was. Maas does an incredible job amping up the story and keeping readers on the edge of their seats. I cannot wait to read the rest of the books in the series and to continue being in Prythian! I rate this book 5/5 stars! 🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Blood and Death

kmthorson2's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Death of parent, Body horror, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Classism, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual violence, Stalking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual content