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josephplz 's review for:
A Court of Silver Flames
by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
best entry in the series by far! mostly because there’s more sex in this one than the rest of the books combined…
i am honestly impressed by the author’s ability to make me flip flop between loving and hating nesta from chapter to chapter. like no disrespect to Women (#feminist#girlboss#yassqueen), and i get she’s Very Traumatized, but damn nesta is a bitch! which is entertaining when she’s talking to other characters but really annoying when she’s deprecating herself in her inner monologue. like maybe i just haven’t been traumatized enough to get it but i simply cannot relate to hating yourself that much and it’s kinda grating even if it’s to build a nuanced character. but then to see her (very slow, drawn out) transformation over the course of the story is pretty gratifying, and it makes you feel proud and happy for her. i felt that way, at least.
despite the author’s strong ability to craft a nuanced, multi-faceted portrait of nesta (and cassian too, i guess. but who cares about him amirite) and to write laughably serious sex scenes, the story suffers throughout from pacing. i am all for long books in the age of short-form content brainrot, but this did not need to be a 751-page book! i appreciate the time spent developing characters and their relationships (see above), but then random, essentially episodic, bits of action meant to advance the overarching plot were peppered in that felt very forced. normally, i might be welcoming of this, but these types of action-packed, adventurous, and/or court-drama-esque scenes are actually where the author is weakest at writing by far. like the last 100 pages… don’t even get me started. either the author spent so long writing the first 651 pages that she was just ready to wrap everything up in a messy bow and dust off her hands, or she spent so long writing the first 651 pages that her publisher was lighting a fire underneath her to get the book out. probably both!
i obviously missed a lot for such a large book, but idc i write these as soon as i’m done reading lmao. all in all, i did enjoy this one, and i am looking forward to the next entry! whether this is felt in earnest or in irony, i truly do not know. i will allow acotar to be the one romantasy series that i indulge in because it’s fun to discuss with jenna and i know she’ll have a copy i can borrow, trusttt
i am honestly impressed by the author’s ability to make me flip flop between loving and hating nesta from chapter to chapter. like no disrespect to Women (#feminist#girlboss#yassqueen), and i get she’s Very Traumatized, but damn nesta is a bitch! which is entertaining when she’s talking to other characters but really annoying when she’s deprecating herself in her inner monologue. like maybe i just haven’t been traumatized enough to get it but i simply cannot relate to hating yourself that much and it’s kinda grating even if it’s to build a nuanced character. but then to see her (very slow, drawn out) transformation over the course of the story is pretty gratifying, and it makes you feel proud and happy for her. i felt that way, at least.
despite the author’s strong ability to craft a nuanced, multi-faceted portrait of nesta (and cassian too, i guess. but who cares about him amirite) and to write laughably serious sex scenes, the story suffers throughout from pacing. i am all for long books in the age of short-form content brainrot, but this did not need to be a 751-page book! i appreciate the time spent developing characters and their relationships (see above), but then random, essentially episodic, bits of action meant to advance the overarching plot were peppered in that felt very forced. normally, i might be welcoming of this, but these types of action-packed, adventurous, and/or court-drama-esque scenes are actually where the author is weakest at writing by far. like the last 100 pages… don’t even get me started. either the author spent so long writing the first 651 pages that she was just ready to wrap everything up in a messy bow and dust off her hands, or she spent so long writing the first 651 pages that her publisher was lighting a fire underneath her to get the book out. probably both!
i obviously missed a lot for such a large book, but idc i write these as soon as i’m done reading lmao. all in all, i did enjoy this one, and i am looking forward to the next entry! whether this is felt in earnest or in irony, i truly do not know. i will allow acotar to be the one romantasy series that i indulge in because it’s fun to discuss with jenna and i know she’ll have a copy i can borrow, trusttt