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As much as I want to like this book, I dislike how long it is and how dragged out Nesta’s growth was. It shouldn’t take months to read a book and not should we feel like we’re experiencing years and months while reading. The last one hundred or so pages tho? I loved them! I wanted more of that! Give us more action!
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Abandonment
Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, War
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Torture
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Torture, War
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War
Part 1 chapter 18 start of 19 event should have happened on the bridge on solstice in A Court Of Frost and Starlight.
I understand that we have to weather Nesta's coldness but was it really necessary to paint the picture for ANOTHER 17 CHAPTERS?
My other issue with this book is that all of the sudden, everyone's character building went out the window, they felt alien and just wrong. I understand that this may be how Nesta sees them but we literally bridged the gap with Nesta and Feyre during the previous books, and Elain and Nesta were always close. It isn't like Rhys to be this... Shitty... He's always been well composed even when stressed.
I will say the second half of the book as Nesta bonds with her new chosen friends and begins opening up with them, and them with her, that's when things get good. There is good character growth with Nesta in this portion. This book is worth the read if only for that even if this is my least favorite in the series and that includes the first book.
Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Toxic friendship
The change from 1st person to 3rd threw me off at first, but I quickly got used to it. I really liked Nesta until ACOFAS. Getting a good look at why she suddenly became nasty was interesting, but that's kind of... the ONLY thing I found interesting.
I appreciate what this book was meant to be- an honest look at what depression and trauma can be like, especially for women. This was a fantasy novel written to include modern women. Specifically, the type of woman who tends to like this series. These women are romance novel and music lovers. Most of them are sick of men, especially the many who have hurt them. They band together to become physically and mentally strong and I do think it's a lovely message. The indepth look at meditation was also appreciated.
But this novel felt so incredibly unpolished, I simply couldn't get over it. To be frank, all of her novels remind me of fanfiction, but this one especially so. If I have to hear about how cold, freezing, icy, and dark the cauldron's waters are one more time, I'm going to lose my mind. And for the love of all that is holy, can we please agree that SEED is not a sexy word? Can a man orgasm in this novel without ROARing?? I will pay any amount of money to not have to hear about everyone smelling everyone else's arousal ever again in my life.
This novel could've been 1/5 the length and it would've been an infinitely better story. As it stands, I'm rating it for the depression representation, not the "one ring" plot she had the audacity to feed us again. Just because the all powerful objects are smaller than a hot tub this time does not make it a whole new plot, Sarah.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, War
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual harassment
Minor: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury