Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

89 reviews

graceskate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Was not expecting to like this as much as I did. The characterization of one character in particular

(Tamlin)

dramatically changes from the first book. I think the second and third books in this series work very well together but are sort of disconnected from the first book.

If there had been bigger red flags with Tamlin in the first book or moments where the mask slipped a bit him turning into an abusive prick would have made more sense. Book 1 Tamlin and Book 2 + 3 Tamlin are very different characters and makes the first book feel disconnected. I like book 1 on it’s own and I like books 2 and 3 together but when you put the whole series together the jump between 1 and 2 doesn’t really make sense.

Besides that I enjoyed the books if you can pretend

Tamiln was showing more signs of being abusive in the first book and accept that you aren’t really going to see his character develop in that direction

then it’s pretty good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

flamesocks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

waterwolves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

effy's review against another edition

4.75

Review from 2nd re-read: This was yet another re-read for me!

Once again I am back to 

hating Tamlin with a fiery passion,

order has returned to the world!

Something about this re-read just hit different and it really got me in the feels at quite a few points throughout the book. I just had such a good time revisiting this world and seeing 

Feyre and Rhys fall in love once again.

I was also pleasantly surprised by some of the scenes that I had either forgotten about or didn't realise were in this book.

Overall this was a really positive re-read experience for me <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

zap_1101's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Body horror

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This book was amazing, usually I'm skeptical of middle books in a series but this one genuinely progressed the plot in an interesting and necessary way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

kaycie51782's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

I liked book 1. It was good enough that I wanted to read book 2. I put it on hold at the library and waited a month to get it since the series is so popular right now.

I DEVOURED this book. It's 600+ pages, and I read it after work in 4 days. I finished it last night, decided I was too impatient for the hold on book 3 to come in, so I just bought it so I can start reading it tonight.

This book continues the story, picking up almost right after book 1 ends. After everything that was endured by our main characters, their experiences with nightmares, fear, panic, essentially PTSD are left bare on the page. 

The book spends more time devoted to history and deeper world building. But it's done in a way to keep moving the plot forward. The author is descriptive without being verbose. The characters are relatable even though they are immortal faeries. 

The book also does a good job of exploring toxic relationships, and how people (faeries?) change during a relationship, especially when traumatic events happen. If abusive relationships are a trigger for you, this book might be difficult.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

amartin48's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

The difference between this book and ACOTAR was NIGHT AND DAY (no pun intended). I fell in love with these characters and their beautiful, devastating brokenness. What was so lovely about this book is that those characters also fell in love with their flaws, and became better individuals for it. It was heartwarming to read of characters that never gave up on each other, particularly when it was extremely difficult. That, and they made good choices most of the time. When they didn't, they owned up to, and grew from, those moments. I do love love, but I love it even more when it seems like the right kind of love, whether it be sibling, friendship, romantic, or other kinds of love. 

That, and a TON of plot happened in this book.

The backdrop of a budding war with global life or death stakes, a discovery of not only fated love, but a healthy love, really put this book over the edge for me.

 

I won't say it's the most beautifully written, nor is it a groundbreaking literary achievement, but this story captured my heart, and I look forward to reading it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War

starryophonic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

this book restored my faith in love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Classism