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csmall73'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: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Vomit, Torture, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
emmerylynn'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
4.75
EDIT: I’ve now read this book twice and it is a literal masterpiece. The questions left unanswered do get explained in later books.
Graphic: Blood, Violence, War, and Sexual content
Moderate: Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
jenna_justi2004'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: Genocide, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug use, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Biphobia, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and War
meghansarmiento97'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
4.5
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, Animal death, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, and Grief
helena_sq's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death, War, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Rape
merenguita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
First of all I don't think Sarah J. Maas knows hot to write action properly, which would be fine if the whole ending of the book wasn't set up to be a full on war. So we get to just watch from afar for most of it because Feyre doesn't really fight much and even when she participates it's quite boring tbh. The scene in the second book where Feyra defends Velaris is a lot better so I don't know why this was so boring for me.
Also I think there are some scenes that are there just to shock the reader and don't really make sense
And the romance also became kind of stale, there wasn't much development and Rhysand kinda bored me in this book tbh... but Tamlin became an intresting character so it was fine.
I will say something good: There were some scenes that were *chef's kiss* and got me on the edge of my seat, when there are politics discussions, all the history and different characters being put in the open was very intresting.
And then there are some choices for the ending that I didn't like or even kind of pissed me off, that made no sense in my opinion.
About Rhysand:
About Amren and the stakes of the war:
About the dad:
About Lucien:
About Tamlin:
So yeah... Maybe it deserves less than 3 stars but because I have more trouble with the second half of the book than the first, which I enjoyed more so that's what I'm giving it.
Graphic: Death, Vomit, Violence, War, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Child death
tierneymichele's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: War, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Child death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Genocide, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Kidnapping, and Grief
amelisan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, War, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Slavery
Minor: Alcohol, Torture, and Slavery
midnacine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I didn't think I'd have the energy to write this review. But here we are. Let me preface this review by stating I believe SJM to be a problematic author and have been reading this series with a grain of salt. I also wanted to be clear that I changed my rating of the previous book earlier today so I could accurately rate this one.
Looking at this book as a whole, I definitely enjoyed it more than I did ACOMAF. There weren't nearly as many cringy spice scenes, which I definitely appreciated, and the supporting characters finally got their chance to take more of a main role in the story. With that being said, I had a lot of issues, detailed in the spoiler section:
The other glaring issues for me were as follows:
1. Rhys' virtue signaling (especially when it came to the Priestesses in the library)
2. The heteronormative bullshit of the mating bonds and then SJM dropping a bunch of queer people in without actually developing the relationships between them and their partners and not even offering both the characters names
3. The amount of abuse apologists among the main characters but especially in Feyre
4. The repetitive use of certain words and/or phrases (I stopped counting how many times "vulgar gesture" and "black adamant" were used)
5. So many times throughout the book where Feyre "revealed" something that felt like it was already known or just common sense
6. The plot hole of Feyre's dad having gathered this massive army and showing up at precisely the right moment when he didn't even know Hybern existed
7. Amren coming back after having this beautifully poetic send-off as the ultimate sacrifice - it just completely ruined the impact of the moment
Tbh I'm just really excited to finally be done with Feyre and Rhys' story and move on to Nesta and Cassian, and possibly Elain and Lucien. I'm just so much more interested in them. However not excited for the **SPOILER FOR ACOFAS** pregnancy trope I know is coming in the next few books. So yeah, I guess we'll see how it goes.
Graphic: Death, War, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, and Toxic relationship
vaguely_pink'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: Death, Sexual content, War, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Outing
Minor: Genocide, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts