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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
4.0
**Spoilers**
I read a review about this book that made some valid points. Thus, I had to lower the rating. (Don't worry, I felt these too but I was not able to articulate my thoughts before reading the other review.) I'm usually not super critical with Maas books, because I know what I'm getting. Yet, ACOMAF raised the stakes for what Maas can and should produce.
What was wrong:
- Maas is not a "kill-you-darlings" type of author. There was so much hype and panic about an upcoming war, but it felt anticlimactic because EVERYONE literally survived. The only person who died was the father who made an appearance after being MIA for almost two books. That seemed like a cop-out, and it seemed that Maas was trying to write consequences without REAL consequences. Also, the end felt too easy; things just came together miraculously. Allies appeared out of nowhere with a menial explanation for the absence, and they show up to save the day. None of it bode well with me.
- One reviewer mentioned that nothing happened in this book, and she is totally right. Nothing really did happen. The only important thing I can remember at this point was the stupid, drawn-out High Lord meeting. Why did one scene take like four chapters to tell? Also, I felt that the first part (Feyre in the Spring Court) could have been fleshed out much more. There was so much potential here to have a much more interesting plotline. It all happened too quickly and easily.
ACOMAF felt like a journey, while this book felt too forced.
I read a review about this book that made some valid points. Thus, I had to lower the rating. (Don't worry, I felt these too but I was not able to articulate my thoughts before reading the other review.) I'm usually not super critical with Maas books, because I know what I'm getting. Yet, ACOMAF raised the stakes for what Maas can and should produce.
What was wrong:
- Maas is not a "kill-you-darlings" type of author. There was so much hype and panic about an upcoming war, but it felt anticlimactic because EVERYONE literally survived. The only person who died was the father who made an appearance after being MIA for almost two books. That seemed like a cop-out, and it seemed that Maas was trying to write consequences without REAL consequences. Also, the end felt too easy; things just came together miraculously. Allies appeared out of nowhere with a menial explanation for the absence, and they show up to save the day. None of it bode well with me.
- One reviewer mentioned that nothing happened in this book, and she is totally right. Nothing really did happen. The only important thing I can remember at this point was the stupid, drawn-out High Lord meeting. Why did one scene take like four chapters to tell? Also, I felt that the first part (Feyre in the Spring Court) could have been fleshed out much more. There was so much potential here to have a much more interesting plotline. It all happened too quickly and easily.
ACOMAF felt like a journey, while this book felt too forced.