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mmefish'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
0.5
What is nuance? Subtlety? Sarah J. Maas obviously does not know. Her writing is horrible, her characters are all the same—beautiful, super powerful, with tragic past and blah blah blah—her dialogues are on the level with 5 graders joking about balls and dicks, her sex scenes are the cringiest, and her plots make no sense. Whoever says that this is the best book they've ever read, I'm begging them to read something else.
I'm just gonna include the most eye-rolling bits:
“No wonder you’re so thin if you vomit up your guts every night.”
Why on EARTH would S.J. Maas put this in??
"Rhys merely shrugged and looked to me. To let me choose. Always—it was always my choice with him these days."
Oh my god, the bare minimum... we stan
"He jerked his chin at my tattoo. “Give a shout down the bond if you get anything accomplished before breakfast.” [...] “You could try rubbing it on certain body parts and I might come faster.”
Alone in the frost-gilded forest, I replayed his words and a quiet chuckle rasped out of me.
Oh my god, girl PLEASE!!!!!
“And is being immortal lovelier than being human?”
[...] I looked the High Lord of Summer up and down, as he had examined me, brazenly and without a shred of politeness, and then said, “You tell me.”
Tarquin’s eyes crinkled. “You are a pearl. [...]"
INCREDIBLE comeback from Feyre! The wits! The smarts!
I said to Lucien, low and quiet and as vicious as the talons that formed at the tips of my fingers, as vicious as the wondrous weight between my shoulder blades, “When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”
😐😐😐
I wouldn’t think of why this position was one he wanted to end in, to have me banish the stained dark with the light.
But I would glow—for him, I’d glow. For my own future, I’d glow.
Yes, the glow and the darkness are literal here. And it's a sex scene.
And, obviously, Feyre is all powerful and good at absolutely everything (including reading and writing that she spent what, a week on learning?).
These books are trash :)
P.S. Sarianna Silvonen did an incredible job translating the book into Finnish, improving the text as much as it was possible.
Graphic: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Vomit, Cursing, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape
nkmustdie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Eating disorder, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, War, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
hopeistryingtoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence
lilo000's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, War, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
lizziebenet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
natroze'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: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, Confinement, and Grief
Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Slavery, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Murder, and Rape
nimeneth's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Vomit, and Misogyny
zc2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Medical content, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
bookwitch934'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Vomit
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism, Death, and Misogyny
Minor: Domestic abuse and War