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natalliajayne's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexism and Sexual assault
revived_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
As for the story contents itself, there is a scene where SJM butchers what is a Welsh holiday known as Calan Mai (spelt Calanmai in the book). From my understanding, it is a celebration on May 1st marking the start of summer. In ACOTAR, it has a… somewhat similar purpose but not really. It gets ruined when you account for the fact that Tamlin, the love interest and the “beast” of this “retelling”, is basically supposed to get super horny because of the magic and fuck another person because that causes magic to flow through their court/home and replenish the land???? Tamlin comes across Feyre and FORCIBLY tries to get with her! When he comes out of this frenzy the next day? It’s her fault because he told her to stay in her room and not come out. Not to mention, Feyre almost gets assaulted during Calanmai too.
At the end of the story, Feyre must go through trials… I won’t even get into that because they’re so utterly boring but I do want to mention 2 things. The first being that Rhysand, the character who ends up being Feyre’s love interest, abuses her so much and no one in this damn fandom blinks an eye. He forced her to get drunk and do horrible things. Secondly, Amarantha (the villain) comes up with a riddle… one that makes no sense and I have no words for how stupid it is.
Then there’s the writing. There are so many problematic things, where do I even begin? First of all, there are waaaaay too many em-dashes in use. Sjm is so so repetitive, too. I am sure there is more, but I have tried to erase this monstrosity from my brain as best as possible.
Tl;dr DON’T READ THIS BOOK. It’s a waste of your precious time.
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
miss_sunshine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
cjgamble's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
mariareviews's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery
Minor: Sexism
cynthreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
This book is really bad. As for why it's bad, just read a few 1* reviews.
✧ Whenever Maas tries to express emotion, the characters start growling, gritting their teeth, or throwing up.
✧ The pacing is really bad. Up until around 2/3 of the book, Feyre (the MC) doesn't do anything other than staying at home and flirting with the male leads.
✧ The prose sucks.
✧ The morality (re: rape, slavery, imprisonment, complicity) is very fishy.
✧ The male leads are boring and two dimensional.
Do not recommend.
Moderate: Death and Kidnapping
Minor: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Slavery
nyssbomb's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent