Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

182 reviews

savvy0203's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

3.0

To be honest, this book made me not really like Feyre at all. Especially getting to the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

Even better than ACOTAR, one of the best books I've ever read.
And the final line... *chef's kiss* (screaming & crying at that ending)

And so Tamlin unwittingly led the High Lady of the Night Court into the heart of his territory.

Very much looking forward to reading the next in the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Blood, Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual content

ponypal's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I think this is the best book in the series. I'm glad Feyre finally came to her senses about Tamlin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Sexism, Mental illness, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Confinement

monsarona's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

My favorite in the series so far. The first book was fine, but this one had me unable to put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War

occasionalyarnie's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

While I'd still consider this one of my favorite books of all time, this reread fell a little flat for me. I don't know if it's because I was listening to the audiobook and I wasn't the biggest fan of the narrator, or if I've reached an age where I find specific parts of SJM's writing style a little insufferable. But overall, I still think it's a very enjoyable read. You just have to be willing to look past the flaws.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual violence

avacyn731's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Death, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

tabea1409's review

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Classism, Blood, Cursing, Sexism, Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic relationship

smilingsammie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Death, Torture, Blood, Eating disorder, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Classism, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

strange_abalone'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? Yes

4.75

I liked book 2 MUCH more than book 1, there are aspects of this book I wish were less rigid. Also I basically cringe everytime they say “female”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, War, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, and Stalking

This one is more smutty than book one 👀👀👀

kadbee's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

 

A slight improvement in language when compared to the first book. Still feels as if it is written by/for children however.

This book reads like a fanfiction with a slight bit more polish, instead of being a continuous first draft there may have been two or three (not enough to get rid of inconsistencies and a rare spelling mistake).
More sexualization than the first book, however it is not enjoyable to read, the characters have no chemistry and seem uncomfortable, which made me uncomfortable.

The characters are revisioned to the point of being completely different characters, as well as Feyre being stupidly over-powered and still not having any personality other than 'sex object' and 'needs protecting'.

Villian was more compelling but didn't feel as powerful as the first villian, so there is no growth in the threat other than being told that theres a growing threat.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic relationship