Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

20 reviews

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This audiobook is six and a half hours long and I swear at least an hour of it is Feyre angsting over spending money while poor faerie war orphans starve in poor faerie Africa or whatever. Very "do they know it's Christmas".

Tbh, I consider banter to be one of SJM's strongest suits, so this is a pretty strong entry into the canon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Dysphoria

If you have holiday trauma/a strained relationship with your family, this might bring up some stuff. Also, two of the characters are hella depressed.

tabea1409's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, War, Alcohol, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, and Misogyny

chloe_acceber's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

A cute, quick read. This is very much fluff compared to the previous 3 in the series (why it's considered book 3.5 rather than book 4, I suppose). There's no particular plot to speak of, very little conflict. I do appreciate getting multiple character POVs so you get into the heads of other characters than Feyre and Rhysand.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: War and Racism

bree_h_reads's review

hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

2.0

Given my usual opinion on books in this series I was pleasantly surprised by this one. While it had the same issues of dragging and over repetition as the other books I felt like it happened less often.

Once again, I don’t really enjoy Rhysand’s POV all the much. Something about the way he talked/thought about Feyre felt off to me. Not to mention a lot of his side of things seemed to be concerned over the extremely sus age gap between him and Feyre. I understand it’s fantasy and I can uncomfortably hand wave that sort of thing, it really rubbed me the wrong way their 516-ish year age gap with dismissed with the ab*sive relationship between his parents that had a 882 year age gap. Maybe it’s foreshadowing Rhysand turning into his father.

I will also note that this felt like a really strong starting point to build Rhysand and Feyre as budding villains. Something about their behaviour/thoughts just established this for me, but that could be wistful thinking.

Outside of that, I enjoyed the non-Feyre and Rhysand characters and their dynamics. This felt like a good way to build up to Silver Flames and I’m interested to see how/if the characters grow and develop relationships (and by characters I mean Elain and Azriel.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, and Sexism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Blood and Violence

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

A sweet little bridge between books 3 and 4. Avid fantasy readers maybe didn’t appreciate this welcome reprieve from battle and death, but I certainly enjoyed every fluff-soaked page, which still held a great deal of substance and heart. I loved being in Velaris (during Winter Solstice) for the entirety of the book, and learning how each character was coping after the war. This novella served as a nice DLC, as it were, for the ACOTAR series, while not taking anything away from the main storylines. Just what every romantasy series needs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, War, Torture, Medical content, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

**2023 REREAD**

ACOFAS is exactly the fluffy holiday novella I expected it to be. Is it fantastic? No. But it was cute and fluffy. A good transition between the original ACOTAR trilogy and the continuation. 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy

wormgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, War, Violence, Torture, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexism

josiee's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Ableism, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

cocoa_butter12's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: War, Misogyny, and Death of parent

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexism