Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

98 reviews

skylover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

The rumors were true, the second book is SO much better in this series after you get through the first. The side characters and found family theme throughout this story were endearing and heartbreaking. I love Rhys and how he stands for what he believes in and protects who he cares about. Cassian was the funniest and most relatable side character I've read in a while, Az's humble darkness is enchanting, and I want to be Mor's friend. The only person I had a struggle connecting with at times was (surprise), Feyre. I found her character arc and development for this story to be a great representation of how healing is not linear after trauma, and showed a realistic perspective on PTSD. What I didn't like was her continued immaturity at random plot points that didn't match up with her words or actions

when she found out Rhys was her mate, for example. She just ran and hid from him moments after she killed people for the first time since Under the Mountain to save him and she's mad he didn't tell her?? I didn't get it, with her history I agreed with Rhys she needed to figure out her feelings on her own.

I absolutely adore Feyre's sisters and the bond the three of them have, I also ship Cassian and Nesta immensely. This book had me throwing my book at times in shock, audibly yelping at some action scenes, and gasping at the romance. The slowest burn that came together beautifully. 10/10 recommend and already wish I could read for the first time again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Death of parent

you have to get through the first book to understand some basic concepts of the world in the second book, but I enjoyed that the author would remind the reader of what happened in a scene or what line was said from the first book by resharing those instances

issybartlett_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

enemies to lovers, slow burn, only one bed… GOOD STUFF 
seriously though, i wasn’t sure what to expect and i was not disappointed. i loved the way ptsd was explored without explicit definition of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Vomit and Death of parent

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

Literally the best book I’ve ever read I cannot stop thinking about it, it literally is immediately my #1 of all time <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, War, Murder, Rape, Stalking, and Torture

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

spicycronereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Read the first book in this series and I have to admit I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about. But book two…I get it. The FMC coming into her own was so much fun to read. And the MMC and their relationship were delightful. The spice is a definite slow burn, but it was paced well with just enough here and there to keep it from getting frustrating. The secondary characters are fun and well developed. I hope there will be more of their stories in the next books. And the last few chapters… I could not put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Torture, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

josiee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Mental illness, Stalking, Biphobia, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Body shaming, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, and Death of parent

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This is an excellent sequel to the original book, however I felt that I was missing out on key information at parts, or that some things just didn't make much sense. Like Feyre's new abilities didn't take too long to master, or how she understood what someone meant by something but there was no explanation as to what she was understanding.

However, I ate this up. The new characters grew on me immediately- Cassian, Azriel, Mor, Amren. I fell in love with Rhysand over and over again through his and Feyre's flirting, through the ways he showed how much he cared for her well-being.

Very well thought out backgrounds to events that took place in the first book, brilliant descriptions which added to the already well established worldbuilding, drama and advernture, friendship and betrayal, trust and love and heartbreak and spice. What more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, War, Confinement, and Vomit

natroze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

Enjoying these despite the heterosexuality

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Content Warnings

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

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual content, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Violence, War, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent