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A Court of Wings and Ruin [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas
438 reviews
nikimorr'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
I really loved the way Feyre confronted her savage nature in this book. Both confronts and embraces who she is with an understanding that she is no angel. She seeks revenge, betrays others, kills, and is okay with herself at the end of all of it. Or, at least, is able to mark her mistakes and move forward. As Feyre comes to realize and states, she loves who she is, especially the bad.
I am very much looking forward to books outside of Feyre’s perspective. Maas has created such complex and interesting characters - especially Lucien and Azriel. This book felt like a neat conclusion for Feyre - and I hope we get to explore a few more perspectives.
This book is all about the war - both setting up for and fighting the war. I love reading about the character’s savagery in war compared to their general selflessness for their chosen family and for those in need. It’s the perfect combination. The amount of action and battle was amazing; however, it is mostly condensed to the end besides a few short bursts. There is a lot of politics leading up to war - necessary, but not always the most exciting reading.
I am interested to see where the series goes from this book. There is a great deal of resolution at the end. We are not left in a cliff hanger like we were at the end of ACOMAF. But generally, I liked the ending and it was as action packed as the ending of the rest of the books in this series.
Graphic: Grief, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
evgeorge's review against another edition
Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Rape, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death
lauwbinx's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.5
Graphic: Murder, War, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, and Abandonment
imcalledzoe'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: War, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia
that_1_readergurl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
So first things first: I ALMOST liked this book more than I liked A Court of Mist and Fury. ALMOST. But since my original review, I have since removed .5 stars from my rating, due to things I will get to later. Also: at this point, if you don't know that most of my reviews contain spoilers, this is your warning: THIS ENTIRE REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS IT IS A SPOILER REVIEW SO TREAD WITH CAUTION!!!
Let's Go Prologues, Let's Go!
I want to start by re-stating something I said in my updates while reading this book: I knew from the prologue that this was a political war book. Listening to Song of Achilles while reading that prologue was an experience, one that I wish I could have again. It was SO awesome.
Feyre's the Badass We All Secretly Want to Be
Alr moving on: can we talk about the fact that Feyre was spying on the Spring Court, the thingy with the Hybern commanders happened, and then she pretty much single-handedly brought down the court. Tamlin's sentries left him, half his court no longer believes in him, and the other half is on the brink. Feyre is SO cool, and when she's in the Winter Court with Lucien and fighting on the ice--when Cassian and Azriel arrive to help...well, let's just say she doesn't let ANYONE forget it.
F.E.Y.S.A.N.D. R.E.U.N.I.O.N
Then we get the REUNION SCENE and OMG I cried it made me so happy it was the best.
The First Meeting
So honestly I'm tired and I'm gonna skip like a bunch of pages but lets just say Tamlin is a piece ofshit person and I hated him but omG I love love LOVE Helion he's the best and if he's unclaimed well i'll take that one please. No more Tarquin I want Helion.
Flashback to ACOMAF
Back to the Bone Carver and Feyre realizes its their child, something some of us realized way back in ACOMAF.
Sarah J Maas is Queen
I also forgot to mention that first battle they fought. I love the way Sarah J Maas writes war and battle scenes. I think people just focus on her romance writing skills and don't give her enough credit for being amazingly able to write battle scenes. She's very good at it and when reading about Cassian and Azriel fighting I was just pure amazed.
Screaming Crying Throwing Up
THEN THE SURIEL DIED I WANTED TO DIE SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP DEATH TO IANTHE. Oh wait I forgot THEY DID KILL HER GOOD JOB FEYRE AND STRYGA!!!
-0.5
I'm gonna skip a bunch of shit because this book does kind of drag which is part of the reason I ranked it down a little bit. The other reason is the way Sarah J Maas outed Mor. It felt half-assed and uninformed, and as a bisexual person myself I was very offended and put out by this.
A Battle for the Ages
But now we got the battle and this is going to take up the majority of the review. AZRIEL GAVE ELAIN TRUTH TELLER OMG I CRIED. But right before the battle there's THIS quote, and it is the best thing EVER:
He said down the bond, I would have waited five hundred more years for you. A thousand years. And if this is all the time we're allowed to have...the wait was worth it.
He wiped away the tears sliding down my face. "I believe that everything happened, exactly the way it had to...so I could find you."
AND OMG OMG OMG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I'LL BE DAMNED IF I SAID I DIDN'T CRY OK I CRIED SO HARD I WAS SO SCARED SOMEONE WAS GOING TO DIE (but I'll get to that later) I WAS SOBBING IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MATH CLASS I'M SO FOR REAL RIGHT NOW.
Alr so here we go it hath begun and OMG I always forget how good Sarah J Maas is at this she is amazing at it and lets never let ourselves forget it. Feyre and Rhys managed to bring in The Bone Carver, Bryaxis, and Stryga (the Weaver) to fight for them. And so the battle begins..
The fighters at the beginning:
Illyrian Soldiers
Keir's Darkbringers
Tarquin's army
Thesan's army
Helion's army
Kallias' army
The Bone Carver
Bryaxis
Stryga (The Weaver)
And then we hear the sound of war horns. And in comes Beron's army (+ his sons, here to burn some faebane), Tamlins army (as rough as it is), and Jurian and the human army, fighting under Lord Graysen's command. And it just got 10x better.
So now our Made girlies are heading for the cauldron but before they can Nesta is taken out of commission by our dear Cauldron, who is being roused to kill full Illyrian legions. And through all that pain, Nesta roars Cassian's name to get him out of there. And even though she knows the guilt will hurt she will not--cannot let him die.
Also now the Bone Carver is dead which ain't good but we gotta keep moving.
So now we see the rest of Hybern's army, which also isn't good. In fact, it's really, REALLY bad. But. BUT.
OMG OMG OMG I LOST MY MIND ITS THE SERAPHIM AND CRETEA'S LEGIONS ITS DRAKON AND MIRYAM I REPEAT ITS DRAKON AND MIRYAM. THIS IS REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD. AND FEYRE'S FATHER BROUGHT SHIPS LETS GO. AND HE NAMED THEM AFTER HIS DAUGHTERS LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO. AND HE FOUND VASSA YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY.
Soooo now they going to find the Cauldron and this is where my memory gets a little fuzzy so I pulled out the book and I forgot that feyre wasn't actually in the forest with them but at the cauldron. And i started crying when Nesta put her body of Cassians. And we get THIS:
Cassian grunted in pain, but lifted his bloodied hands--to cup her face. "I have no regrets in my life, but this." His voice shook with every word. "That we did not have time. That I did not have time with you, Nesta."
She didn't stop him as he leaned up and kissed her--lightly. As much as he could manage.
Cassian said softly, brushing away the tear that streaked down her face, "I will find you again in the next world--the next life. And we will have that time. I promise."
I cried SO hard. And I mean, like, I was SOBBING at like 2 am trying to finish this goddamn book.
But oml his poor wings thats the second time something absolutely awful has happened to bros wings. aaaanyways so basically Elain--Elain--puts truth teller through the king of hybern's throat and says this:
"Don't you touch my sister.
And it was so bad ass and then nesta twists it and twists it until the guy's head comes off and omg unpopular opinon but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Nesta she's one of my favorite characters sarah j maas has ever written I just love her so much.
Ok so I know I'm rambling but that's because I love this book so much.
Now skipping ahead I just want to say that Amren has been one of my favorites since the moment we met her and honestly just like shes so cool and awesome and can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get more amren action in A Court of Silver Flames. I understand why she can NEVER be allowed back into flame bird thingy again but that was cool as FUCK.
AND THEN HERES WHERE I LOST MY MIND FOR REAL:
RHYS IS DEAD RHYS IS DEAD RHYS IS DEAD OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO POOR FEYRE AND AHHH I JUST CRIED SO FUCKING HARD AND FEYRE BASICALLY FORCES THE HIGH LORDS TO BRING HIM BACK.and heres what got me: feyre said she would give tamlin anything for him to help bring him back, knowing full well he could request for her to come back to the spring court, to marry him, literally anything, and she would give it to him. So that Rhys could live, she would give Tamlin whatever he wanted. And all he asked for was her happiness. So i cried some more.
And then we talk to Miryam, who I IMMEDIATELY loved, and then back to Velaris. And all is semi-right with the world.
Then I was flying. Soaring.
Rhys fell into flight beside me, and when he smiled at me again as we sailed through the stars and lights and the sea-kissed breeze, when he showed me all the wonders of Velaris, the glittering Rainbow a living river of color beneath us...When he brushed his wing against mine, just because he could, because he wanted to and we'd have an eternity of nights to do this, to see everything together...
A gift.
All of it.
now I have to go read A Court of Frost and Starlight.
OG Review - Directly After Reading
100% five stars. I have much more to say but I’ll get to that after I finish my ACOMAF review (whenever the hell that happens lol).
Graphic: Gore, War, Blood, Death, and Grief
camyantis'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: Murder, Sexual content, Blood, War, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Alcohol
Minor: Misogyny, Cursing, and Sexism
monsarona's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Torture
lizard800'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
4.0
Writing aside, the story in this book is pretty good honestly. Lots of twists and turns that you don't see coming, which I enjoyed. I do think the book could have been a LOT shorter (a theme with this series) and still told the same story.
Graphic: Vomit, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Grief, Death, War, Violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Gore
lakinglaze'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? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, War, Alcohol, Blood, and Death
mkilla'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Blood