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slothburglar's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The characters are a bit dense about things that are obvious, but otherwise very likeable.
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Violence
ananya_b's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. There are a couple of plot inaccuracies
Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Slavery
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Vomit, War, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts
miss_mar'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? No
1.0
Note: I will not be continuing the series. Below is my more personal review.
Now, what in the kidnap fantasy did I just read? I mean cool beans if that's what you wanted, but it wasn't even a good kidnap fantasy. This was supposedly a beauty and the beast retelling, and it was more of a fever dream with the essence of wafting from the attempts at one. Beauty and the beast is my favorite story from childhood. I have read dozens of retellings and gobble them up like a McDonalds 20-piece chicken nugget dunked in ranch. I felt like Maas was made a solid attempt, but it was as though instead of actually reading the original story she skimmed it and plucked ideas from strings of random sentences.
Why? Why? LIKE Why!?! I don't like any of them, Feyre is insufferable Timmy-tam-tucker is a brooding horny emo child that isn't scary. Like beast is supposed to be terrifying? He was just an overly spiced cinnamon roll that rivaled the vomit capacity of just straight up doing the cinnamon challenge. I felt like the book was telling me what I should think and the conclusions I should come to. Lucien was my favorite, but his story was spilled out on the pages through a random conversation, and we didn't even really get to know him.
This entire book really tested my patience when it came to suspending my disbelief for the sake of bulldozering us through a story. I felt like I was forced into believing what was happening just because I was told by the author I had to. As I found myself questioning why, the book very much just replied by stating "Because I said so!" instead of giving me a reason to care.
The twists and turns were so...stupid. Like the first 2/3 of the book could have been so much more interesting but nOoOoOoOo. The reveals were just thrown out there unceremoniously across the pages and it left me cackling as how ridiculous they were at times.
There were questionable consent issues, that didn't make me uncomfortable--I think that's the problem though, I should have been uncomfortable. I felt as though the idea was to be edgy for the sake of it; but it didn't actually provide me with any morale conflict, nor did it have the impact I think it was supposed to. It all just fell flat like thinned out paint on a canvas. I raised an eyebrow and stared at the pages with an expression of "ok, I guess we are doing this now".
It just missed the mark for me--in fact, it was a foul ball that soured over the fence and landed in a hotdog stand.
Moderate: Sexual harassment
marlo_o's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Torture
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment
orakuruno's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Body horror, War, Torture, and Sexual content
Moderate: Trafficking, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
Minor: Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, and Death of parent
hereiskyra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
chris_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Confinement, Sexual content, and Sexism
Minor: Sexual harassment
corallydeer's review
- 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
5.0
Feyre's stubbornness and inability to make decisions that seemed to make rational sense,
Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death and Vomit
Deathspttsn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The kind of romance that you have to be okay with ignoring some of the horrible things all the characters have done to each other.
Graphic: Sexual content and Death
Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Torture
smilingsammie's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Sexual harassment, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Ableism, Bullying, and Physical abuse
Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, and Slavery