Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

216 reviews

booitsbam's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

A lot better than the first book.
I was significantly less frustrated with the characters and overall plot, though I still have my qualms. 

I’m so glad we are away from Tamlin for the majority of the book, as I really did not like him in the first book and highly disliked his actions in the beginning of the second. I even extremely hate him for the last part of the book as well. I only really missed Lucien, but I was really surprised and upset by him a lot of the time he was in scene.

I really love all the new characters we’re introduced to from the Night Court; they all have their own motivations that feel realistic, but in our reality and a fantasy setting. They feel properly fleshed out for the most part. The relationships between each of them also feel plausible, along with how they came to be. 
The descriptions of the settings were pretty good and felt pretty immersive, especially since similar are often used in visual medias already so I could easily refer to something I’ve already seen to visualize the surroundings.
It’s not the best written thing I’ve read, but certainly a lot better than the first book, so that’s why I’ve rated it higher but not much higher than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Misogyny, Torture, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Vomit

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

meyermz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Misogyny, Grief, Classism, Rape, Death, War, Violence, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Animal death, Eating disorder, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Blood

leslieselinareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Sexual harassment

vannahcabana's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Another good book in this series! Overall it’s a dark read, but if you read the first book, I think this one is better :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

darci_spear20's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book was so intense and I loved every second of it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Vomit, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

mmgreen23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, Genocide, Slavery, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Violence, War, Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, and Torture

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE!!!!

The found family aspect, the banter, the love story. Everything was *chefs kiss* 

I’m so happy I powered through, the world building was so beautiful. I wanna live here without all the mortal peril and war and crap. Just to hang out 💁‍♀️

Side note: Tamlin, rot in hell, blondie. I hate your face, your guts, and your audacity.

ONTO BOOK 3 🫡

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Confinement, Gore, War, Child abuse, and Violence

lauwbinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: War, Vomit, Slavery, and Gore