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Das Reich der sieben Höfe - Flammen und Finsternis by Sarah J. Maas

98 reviews

domnicmtz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

shhimreadinghere'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I'd give it a five especially for the last 20 chapters. It picks up like ACOTAR does in the last 1/3 of the book except this is a much bigger climax to resolution so much more on the line. Where I get frustrated is wishing most of Feyre's dialogue was more than just questions. I know she's only a year into this world but someone please make her read the treaty or a history book about the war. something. i could picture this whole book in my head like a movie, would reread parts to sync up with the pacing of the visual I had in my head. I haven't been this immersed in a series since I read Twilight as a 12 year old. The tension, the stakes, the adventure, all 10 out of 10. The spice only enters the chat in the last 150ish pages which how people talk about it, I thought maybe it came way too soon. I'm glad it happened when it did. Sarah J Maas is amazing at building - the world, the tension, the stakes, the characters, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, and War

ursimae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Ate this shit up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror and Self harm

luciekle's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Vomit

julleah's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

While the story is good, I would not recommend this to anyone with sexual trauma or an abusive person in their life as this book will likely be very upsetting. Trigger warning: explicit sex scenes (several that can be skipped), abuse, torture, returning to abuser, sex work, assault is hinted at, PTSD, violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

I have now reread this and I almost want to drop my rating lower? This was maybe a hate read for me IM SORRY. I just keep seeing references to this series online and I feel left out 😩 

Sarah J. Maas crafts a story that is interesting enough and set up in a way that I always wanted to know what happened next. However I just wish it was told by… someone else. We all collectively agree that these books are not well written, right? Like from a factual standpoint??? Here are the top things that irritated me while reading:

1. Weird phrases and metaphors. We all know the water bowels from book one but in this book you get “I tried not to bleat like cattle” … like moo? Was she about to moo?????

2. Repetition. I get it’s a long book and there are only so many ways to say things but then maybe… some things don’t need to be said? The word “indeed” must have been said 100 times in this book. And Rhys doing feline things. And prick and vulgar gesture. We get it Feyre is ~feisty~ 

3. The dialogue and relationships. Personally I find it really uncomfortable when in books the character start acting too familiar with each other right off the bat. Whether it’s asking invasive questions or Feyre/Nesta bitching people out instantly or cassian/rhys spewing sexual innuendos (or would it not be considered and innuendo if they are blatant and blunt? Like Rhys talking about licking Feyre 🤢) or even Mor being immediately cheerful and loving towards Feyre. Let these relationships DEVELOP before saying all this crazy shit!!!

4. The horniness!! My god. I will admit I’m not a huge ~spice~ girly but I can dig it if it is meaningful. Like maybe the painty sexy scene could stay. But all the thirsting after each other and gross flirting and the THRONE SCENE (seriously why they needed to do that for ‘appearances sake’ is beyond me). And then them having sex like 50 times in a two chapter span. it wasn’t necessary to the story. Knock out a few steamy scenes fine but it was like (paraphrasing) “we had dinner with friends then he fucked me at the table. We took a bath and he fucked me in the bath. We went to bed and fucked 4 times before dawn.” SETTLE DOWN. 

5. a lot of the things that people did wrong (how Rhys treated Feyre under the mountain) were explained away in kind of bs ways. Like the author maybe didn’t plan the justification before the person did the bad thing. Does that make sense? Who knows I am also not a great writer

6. Feyre is just kind of annoying. And like… unremarkable. I found it hard to sympathize for her. And why everyone loves her so much has me like ???

SORRY FOR THE RANT the bottom line: was I entertained? Yes. The plot and the setting was interesting. The characters were fun if a bit unrealistic. I did find it hard to follow at times but that could be me just not giving it my full attention or not remembering details well. 

BUT I do understand the memes now so for that, I am grateful. We do it for the FOMO 🙇‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia and War

This bitch is constantly vomiting. If there was a level above graphic for a warning I would use it for vomit

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Absolutely loved omg my heart arghhh I love the action, the friendships, the romance and tension. so much fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

skbat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion

faesissa's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I really enjoyed the second half of this book. That only happened when I realised the A plot was the romance between Feyre and Rhysand, which I enjoyed a lot. The world building plot is alright, but can be dull at times, particularly when contrasted with how compelling the romance plotline is.
The level of writing is reminiscent of fanfiction to me which is very nostalgic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Confinement, Death, and Eating disorder

adrienreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book focuses a lot on the protagonist's recovery from trauma, and realization of her place in an unhealthy relationship. This was done surprisingly well, and really gripped me through the book. Of the whole series, this one was best executed, in my opinion!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Kidnapping