Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

18 reviews

chloe_acceber's review

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.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: War and Racism

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

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.)

---

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. 

---

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.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy

wormgirl's review

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

---

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

---

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: War, Misogyny, and Death of parent

ten_telegrams's review

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

paigeinabook's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body horror, Dysphoria, and Toxic relationship

literallysam's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Obviously ACOFAS isn't anything like the 3 main novels before it. It's not as exciting and plot-heavy as the it's predecessors because IT'S A NOVELLA- It is lighthearted and has this festive vibe which I absolutely loved. 🩷 I wouldn't say that anything particularly important happens in this novella because it's mostly about everyone dealing with the aftermath of the events of ACOWAR and it was much needed after the emotional breakdown that ACOWAR caused.
The chapters switch POVs occasionally between Feyre, Rhys, Cass, and Mor. I just wish that Cass and Mor's pov were also in first-person like Rhys and Feyre's but it wasn't really an issue because the writing style was still perfect and I could understand their feelings just as well.
The best part of the novella were the sweet and domestic Feysand moments. We also did finally get the Cabin wall scene which is just- 😻🏹❤️‍🔥

Apart from Feysand, I loved how much time we got to spend with the other bat boys. With Cassian’s perspectives especially, we got to learn more about his respective history and how he healed from the war. It felt like this was written to be a legitimate “bridge” between the first trilogy to the next one and the next novel in the series which focuses on Cass and Nesta. I really would've liked to have Az, Elain & Lucien's POVs as well but oh well, they'll probably be getting their own book I assume!!
I wasn't expecting any part related to Tamlin especially in a novella this short. Even though he was a pr!ck in the previous books and still very much is I never thought I'd feel sorry for him. I couldn’t help being at least a little bit sad to see the state in which Rhys found him and how far he’d fallen. Despite everything, I can’t help but always feel that there's something interesting about his potential as a character. I actually hope that Mass will write more about him in the future books.

Even though it was too short, this novella is exactly what I hoped and dreamed it would be. Because at the end of the day, I got to read more than a hundred pages about my bat-boys and watch the Inner Circle interact, taunt, fuss, cry and laugh with each other, and that was all I ever needed ACOFAS to offer me. The snowball fight? OH MY HEART.🥵And the sauna scene? LMAO. It just felt SO GOOD to fall right back into the fairie worlf for a little bit longer.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexism, War, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse