Reviews tagging 'Torture'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

314 reviews

bookishfabledfiction's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Much better than ACOTAR. Kind of like Twilight, it’s so bad that I love it, but I also hate it.
Absolutely DO NOT do audiobook for this one. My ears were violated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sdfallin's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh my God. This was so amazing. I tore through this book and was kicking my feet and absolutely had goosebumps all over my body when I finished it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

snackykennedy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Genocide and Pregnancy

becaboo24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

ALL THE FEELS. I am left speechless and have no words for this review other than ACOMF is a GEM/MASTERPIECE and has easily become one of my all-time favorite reads.❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

book_gremlin42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

booitsbam's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

A lot better than the first book.
I was significantly less frustrated with the characters and overall plot, though I still have my qualms. 

I’m so glad we are away from Tamlin for the majority of the book, as I really did not like him in the first book and highly disliked his actions in the beginning of the second. I even extremely hate him for the last part of the book as well. I only really missed Lucien, but I was really surprised and upset by him a lot of the time he was in scene.

I really love all the new characters we’re introduced to from the Night Court; they all have their own motivations that feel realistic, but in our reality and a fantasy setting. They feel properly fleshed out for the most part. The relationships between each of them also feel plausible, along with how they came to be. 
The descriptions of the settings were pretty good and felt pretty immersive, especially since similar are often used in visual medias already so I could easily refer to something I’ve already seen to visualize the surroundings.
It’s not the best written thing I’ve read, but certainly a lot better than the first book, so that’s why I’ve rated it higher but not much higher than the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, and Kidnapping

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Rape, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

chloe_acceber's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Wow, such a different feel from the first book of the series! The spicy scenes got maybe a little too graphic for my taste but that's just personal preference and definitely not a knock on the rest of it. The story definitely kept me coming back for more,

although I am a sucker for a good enemies-to-lovers plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and War

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

curiouslysplendid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm struggling to understand why this book series is getting so much hate. The first book, fine, the first 2/3 dragged and laboured, but it did hit it's stride. This book has well and truly kept up the momentum. It's not Tolkien and that's fine. What a boring world it would be if that was a requirement of the genre. This is a perfectly enjoyable high fantasy with solid pacing, good character development, some nice little twists and a sufficiently opaque plot that I'm genuinely interested in where it will go next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War