Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

7 reviews

katierosecrane's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? N/A

4.5

The ending of the book had a lot happening. My brain kinda hurts. But I also couldn’t put it down. Great book kinda long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, War, Confinement, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

alimxx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the start but when it got to the middle I just felt like there was a lot of nothing going on and it was very repetitive. The ending is the best part I would say. There is a LOT of good stuff that goes on and that is the only thing that makes it worth reading I think. It's good and I'd recommend the series but SJM needs to know how to shorten as some of it I feel was unnecessary. Also, what is this "vulgar gesture" mentioned throughout??? LIKE GIVE US SOME DETAIL??? She gives detail about everything else except this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Cannibalism, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

bethanyt123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

It's the war of the centuries that's been building for ages. The culmination of every thread, the realization of everything they (we!) have worked for.

So why didn't it shine?

The utter lackluster quality of this took me off guard. And honestly, I think it all comes down to the fact that SJM doesn't know how to write a battle scene. It seemed like everyone just stood there??? Very slow for a war. 

Extremely disappointing, but still good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Violence, and Death

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

• Okay it put me in a pretty big reading slump not gonna lie. Like i picked up to other books in an attempt to get me to keep reading it. But the plot was so tense at certain points that it kept me interested. I did hate that the whole book was centered on war and politics like i could’ve cared less. Why did it take them 700+ pages for the war to happen in the last 200. I was not amused. Even though we hate Tampon i would like to give him a hug for being lonely now. Like it wasn’t his fault he had attachment issues well maybe it was but i don’t know if i would want him to drop his roll as high lord of the spring court to go be with luicien at velaris. But also how is Az and Luic gonna fall in love with Elain like im dancing on the edge ready to find out. What else are they to face now that hybern is gone ??? Idk if I’ll continue reading or not havent decided yet.overall it was an okay book I wouldn’t 100% recommend it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Grief, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, War, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Kidnapping, Vomit, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cannibalism, and Death

graceskate's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Gore, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Murder, War, Sexual content, Grief, Xenophobia, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Death, Misogyny, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Torture, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Genocide, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

egurgens's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

I felt so many emotions when I read this. The book begins with Feyre being the fox among chickens, where she schemes and plots and tears apart the Spring Court, after both Tamlin and Ianthe betrayed her. When Feyre is satisfied, she returns to the Night Court, where they have to deal with the after effects of the misadventure on Hybern. What follows is lots of war prep, alliances, feelings, and WAR. 

This was so good, I greatly enjoyed this story. I’m looking forward to more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Stalking, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Child abuse

kbairbooks's review

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

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

5.0

This was amazing. The final fight scenes gave me CHILLS. The author does such a great job connecting all the characters and making you love them so much. God it’s so good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Misogyny