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carolinewithane's Reviews (647)
This book is everything ACOTAR only dreams to be, and I am not sorry to say so. It’s Fae fiction at its best, and it’s basically a love song to all things artistic 💚
I loved the protagonist and the descriptions and the courts (!!!!!!!!) and basically everything. Some plot excuses were a bit too unbelievable and the romance didn’t really convince me, but nothing that took too much away from the story.
All-in-all it was an incredibly good read.
I loved the protagonist and the descriptions and the courts (!!!!!!!!) and basically everything. Some plot excuses were a bit too unbelievable and the romance didn’t really convince me, but nothing that took too much away from the story.
All-in-all it was an incredibly good read.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not giving any stars because I wouldn't have made it past the second chapter if it weren't for the hype for the entire series. I'll make up my mind after I've read all three books.
It was quite bad, though. Attempted rape, forced oral sex (which IS rape) and physical abuse aren't the best ways to form a healthy relationship. I'm not even going to go into the racist undertones, as people have talked at length about that.
It did get better in the second half, in a "let's pretend what happened before doesn't have any long lasting consequences" way. I'm not that willing to forget, but it might make the reading of books 2 and 3 slightly more tolerable.
EDIT: i've finished the series and i have a question to anyone who loves it: why?
It was quite bad, though. Attempted rape, forced oral sex (which IS rape) and physical abuse aren't the best ways to form a healthy relationship. I'm not even going to go into the racist undertones, as people have talked at length about that.
It did get better in the second half, in a "let's pretend what happened before doesn't have any long lasting consequences" way. I'm not that willing to forget, but it might make the reading of books 2 and 3 slightly more tolerable.
EDIT: i've finished the series and i have a question to anyone who loves it: why?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
- the political intrigue is better, the romanticising of shit that happened in the first book is NOT
you guys do realise that Pacat made Damen get turned on by his own rape, right? RIGHT???
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
would you look at that! i've read all three books! so don't yell at me that the series "gets better" if i "push through the first book".
it does not get better. it does get interesting, in the same morbid sense that makes forensic sciences interesting. which is to say it does not get good-interesting.
not even getting into all the problematic shit, i have a bone to pick with the plot. where's all the political intrigue from the previous book? the entire ending was pure, stupid luck. nothing planned. nothing orchestrated. just pure, stupid luck.
look, if i have to read laurent and damen pretend the events of first book are forgivable, the least i ask is a good plot to engage with. not... whatever this is.
oh, and the so-called "abolition of all slavery" that everyone praises? doesn't even happen onscreen. it's literary one line of dialogue, almost like an afterthought.
so much for the series' anti-slavery stance, right? Pacat, your colours are showing.
it's a fast read, though. i'll give you that.
it does not get better. it does get interesting, in the same morbid sense that makes forensic sciences interesting. which is to say it does not get good-interesting.
not even getting into all the problematic shit, i have a bone to pick with the plot. where's all the political intrigue from the previous book? the entire ending was pure, stupid luck. nothing planned. nothing orchestrated. just pure, stupid luck.
look, if i have to read laurent and damen pretend the events of first book are forgivable, the least i ask is a good plot to engage with. not... whatever this is.
oh, and the so-called "abolition of all slavery" that everyone praises? doesn't even happen onscreen. it's literary one line of dialogue, almost like an afterthought.
so much for the series' anti-slavery stance, right? Pacat, your colours are showing.
it's a fast read, though. i'll give you that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
“He had barely acknowledged what Laurent had done to him, even as it had happened.”
you and the entire fandom, damen
note that, despite this, they still DON'T talk about it.
am i done? hell yeah i'm done. brb gonna delete these books from my kindle and wash my brain with bleach.
you and the entire fandom, damen
note that, despite this, they still DON'T talk about it.
am i done? hell yeah i'm done. brb gonna delete these books from my kindle and wash my brain with bleach.
