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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

55 reviews

lizard800's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• 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

Each book in the series keeps improving (which doesn't mean a lot really because this isn't a great series overall). The writing in this one is better, even though there are still overused phrases ('I could have sworn that...' being one that came up a lot). Maas backed away from overuse of ellipses and em dashes, so that was nice. Still some incomplete sentences, but again not as bad as previous books.

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.

One thing that i still don't understand is how the Carver got out of prison? I thought the mirror was just to get him to agree, but I wasn't clear on how he actually removed himself?

I also thought that the father returning at the end was kind of stupid. Rolled my eyes at that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Grief, Death, War, Violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Gore

treblemakeranna's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Homophobia, Cursing, Vomit, and Torture

ladyames20203's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I loved the start where Feyre’s basically a wolf in sheep’s clothing at the spring court. I sped through that so fast because I really enjoyed it. I’m not a big fan of war though and found the rest of the book a struggle to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Confinement

kkellymsu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, War, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

smilingsammie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, War, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Classism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

kmthorson2's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Death of parent, Body horror, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Classism, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and War

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual violence, Stalking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual content

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Rape, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Vomit, War, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual assault

strange_abalone's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Lesbophobia, Torture, Vomit, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Body horror, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and War

gpfot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Murder

rivierareads's review

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.75

Ok. Good book. But didn’t wow me the way that ACOMAF did. I loved how it started, I live for the scheming and court drama. And I think the book had great pacing and overall the plot was gripping. But… at the end it just felt a bit shallow. Nothing was really gained or lost.

Everyone lives (miraculously) except the father you don’t really care about. All of these sort of random events conspire for the good guys to come out on top.

The Tamlin subplot was logical and emotionally interesting but wasn’t really explored. My other beef with this book is that

the revelation that Mor is gay

felt forced. Can’t she just..

not love him like he loves her? Why does she have to “prefer” females?

. Don’t get me wrong I love a

gay character to add to my representation roster

but it just felt like something Sarah J Maas came up with and then forced to happen, not something natural for the plot/characters. Overall, an enjoyable book worth reading. However, book 2 felt much more natural and realistic than this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, War, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture