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A Court of Silver Flames (Graphic Audio Part 1 & 2) by Sarah J. Maas

112 reviews

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit

ansleynoelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

beansbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

honestly I give it 4 stars just for the strong character development
it took me a few weeks to finish this book, it was really hard for me to pick up the tone of nesta and enjoy reading from her POV. about half way through things started to pick up and really caught my interest, overall loved the girlboss vibes from nesta.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

sm_moon's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

livviz_03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

It took me a good while to get into this book. It‘s really slow in the beginning but speeds up in the end. Once I got into the book, I didn’t mind the slower pace of the plot though. This book is centered around Nesta and her journey, not so much around the plot. Which was unexpected for me, especially if one has read the other books in the series, which are very much adventure driven. 
So you might need to adjust your mindset before diving into this, at least that’s how it was for me. Once I did that, I was actually beginning to enjoy following Nesta along and trying to understand the mindset behind her actions. Adding to that, I really didn’t like Nesta because of how she was portrayed in the other books. But I also think Nesta isn’t supposed to be a lovable character, which makes it even more intriguing trying to understand her. And even though I really hated her in the beginning for all that she‘d done ( or not done), I must admit that she creeped herself into my heart at the end of this journey.
Like many others, I related to her on some levels, which probably made it hard to just unconditionally love her from the beginning. She also simply isn’t portrayed as likeable, but I actually loved to see that in a fictional woman.
On the other side, the side characters are very much lovable. I enjoyed every written word about Gwyn and Emerie and found it very interesting to learn about them and their backstories. The dynamic of the three was the absolute best.
My cons: very slow start and hard to get into (it really is a mindset question though), some out of character moments regarding the inner circle, some issues should have been addressed better.
Honorable mention: the house. I FREAKING LOVE the house! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Months after the war with Hybern, Nesta is still estranged from her sisters and the rest of the Night Court. Finally, Feyre gives Nesta an ultimatum: she can start going to training with Cassian every day and work in the library in the House of Wind...or be banished to the human lands. Angrily, Nesta agrees—but she won’t acquiesce that easily. It doesn’t help that she’s now spending hours a day with Cassian, the one person who always seems to set off her anger—or worse, her desire. Though the war has ended, peace is fragile, and the human queens are up to something that Nesta, Cassian, and the other members of the Night Court must prevent...or go to war again.

I was underwhelmed by the ACOTAR series when I first started reading them (partly because they had been so hyped up on booktok, and probably also because I listened to the audiobooks...mistake), so I didn’t have high hopes for A Court of Silver Flames. I surprised myself by enjoying it more than the others, though the plot is still just as confusing. The biggest difference I felt between this book and the previous several was the importance of the female relationships. Though Feyre has some female friends, their relationships never felt as fleshed out as Nesta’s friendships with Emerie and Gwyn. Also—and I am fully aware that this is a very unpopular opinion—I never liked Rhys all that much, and seeing him from Nesta’s point of view only supported that opinion. Cassian, on the other hand… (My favorite of the “bat boys” is still Azriel, though, so I’m holding out hope that one of Maas’ upcoming books will be about him

...and Gwyn, perhaps?? I never cared all that much for the Azriel/Elain pairing (she is just too boring, I’m sorry) but I want him to find a happy ending, and I loved Gwyn!

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Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just the vibe of the ending):

Happpy! But still plenty of room for sequels because God forbid these poor idiots have a minute of rest.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Fire/Fire injury

raemow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kazbiter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

I honestly thought this was the best ACOTAR book in terms of character development, you really see everything that Nesta is working through and it doesn’t shy away from how dark and gritty things can get when you’re in a bad headspace, plus I liked that it portrayed anger and a part of depression which a lot of writers tend to ignore, so I have to give SJM points for at least that. I prefer ACOMAF but I have to say I think ACOSF did a much better job depicting Nesta’s healing for herself and on her own where ACOMAF kind of leans into Rhysand solving Feyre’s problems for her imo.

Speaking of Feysand…. literally wtf was that. Honestly Rhysand character was kind of ruined completely for me in this book. She spends all this time shoving his “feminism” down your throat which is a whole other issue just to be like “oh yeah and also he’s going to keep his wife in the dark about a fatal condition with her OWN BODY. That was not very pro choice of you Rhysand!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

sierraechobravo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

runitsthepopo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Torture, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury