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madisonstarkov's review
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, Confinement, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Kidnapping, Outing, and Cursing
Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, and Vomit
oatmilkie's review against another edition
adventurous
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Okay so full the series in full my rating is 38/100.
I KNOW ITS A LOW SCORE. However here is my reasoning:
Cons:
- all the books have conventionally bad writing in terms of pacing, plot points, and core writing itself to the point that it became very very distracting
- I think book one was just so so bad, and for me there was nothing redeeming about it. I read 400 pages and didn't really know anything about the characters, there wasn't really a plot, and what ever happened in the story was so so stupid
- a court of frost and starlight, simila critiques
- they really should've stopped at the end of book 3
- sex scenes, which granted are impossible to write well, were wattpad levels of bad
- Tamlin is a poorly written character with zero depth
- fuck both of her sisters, but especially Nesta. She deserved nothing and was horrible and her excessive power was awful
- the final plot points of the byraxis, weaver, bone carver, and amren were so stupid I couldn't bare it
- I hate Feyre so much she is so annoying
- sideways misogyny; ah yes she gets freedom of choice, independence, and power but because of Rhys and that's p much it
- SJM nearly beat me over the head with the "its your choice" shit
- the amount of times she wrote "I shot him a warning glance" (52 over the course of all 5 books)
- the last book was the worst end of story
Pros
- lowkey fun if you don't want to think especially in the parts that weren't too distracting
- cassian
- rhys but only in the scenes where he's teaching feyre to read
- the library for sad women with spooky monster
- cassian
- book 2 was actually easily the best book and if it was just that book I would give it like 62-68/100
- world building was actually ok though moderate
-cassian
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War, Pregnancy, Outing, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Grief, and Gore
There's a good chunk of sex. It gets progressively spicier as the series goes on. If you'd like to skip it go to the reddit link below: (hope it helps!) https://www.reddit.com/r/acotar/comments/kklvwo/is_there_a_list_of_what_pagechapterbook_all_the/
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