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A review by kailafitz
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
3.0
Mmmmm I found myself having to put this book down at times because I either became a bit disinterested in the back and forth or I found some of the story to be a bit far-fetched.
Overall it’s the small things that irk me about this series and ultimately makes it harder for me to want to continue reading any more books.
Feyre herself as a character I never clicked with. To be honest the bold, brazen character I wanted from the beginning finally came out of her but I guess it wasn’t ever meant to be for her and I.
Small things #1: For me, the colloquial mannerisms of some of the characters finally grated on me. I liked the portrayal of the Fae as other-worldly, as was often done. But too often I felt myself cringing at the way some of the Court of Dreams characters carried themselves and acted when amongst themselves. Sometimes they came across a bit too human for me. Maybe that was the point? I think it is? Fair enough but for me it didn’t feel right. Azriel is the exception for me here of course as he maintains some ethereal essence about himself.
Small thing #2: Rhysand is just perfection. Sometimes though it drove me mad how the definition of Rhysand suddenly was “become everything that Tamlin wasn’t”. It felt like although he was a character of his own, we were constantly reminded of how much better he was for Feyre than Tamlin, like not only reminded but explicitly narrated constantly by Feyre and it just felt like it was being pointed out too often. We get it hun. He gives you freedom. But, sometimes you should not have freedom darling Feyre because you’re also a newly Made Fae who might not actually have the capacity to make a lot of big important decisions for yourself right now??
Small thing #3: I found out that I did have a slight qualm about Maas’ writing. Often, we discovered the true intentions of events and characters through the narrative and inner dialogue of Feyre. Basically being in the first person narrative, I found that many insights and details didn’t really make sense to be told through the eyes of Feyre. It just felt like sometimes the story was being told in a way that didn’t feel right or natural. For Feyre to comprehend everything so deeply sometimes felt a bit misplaced so much so that I felt disconnected from Feyre’s train of thought. For me, this felt like Maas explaining things to the reader and not so much Feyre’s natural thinking. I hope this makes sense.
I do apologize if I’m overthinking some things. It might be only a few times and it just stuck out so much for me.
As many have mentioned, there are many loose ends with characters that I guess it makes sense to dig into them over the next few books. Either way, at this stage I doubt I’ll be digging into the world of Feyre again anytime soon.
The end became a bit of a mess to be honest.
Not the high I wanted to end on unfortunately.
Overall it’s the small things that irk me about this series and ultimately makes it harder for me to want to continue reading any more books.
Feyre herself as a character I never clicked with. To be honest the bold, brazen character I wanted from the beginning finally came out of her but I guess it wasn’t ever meant to be for her and I.
Small things #1: For me, the colloquial mannerisms of some of the characters finally grated on me. I liked the portrayal of the Fae as other-worldly, as was often done. But too often I felt myself cringing at the way some of the Court of Dreams characters carried themselves and acted when amongst themselves. Sometimes they came across a bit too human for me. Maybe that was the point? I think it is? Fair enough but for me it didn’t feel right. Azriel is the exception for me here of course as he maintains some ethereal essence about himself.
Small thing #2: Rhysand is just perfection. Sometimes though it drove me mad how the definition of Rhysand suddenly was “become everything that Tamlin wasn’t”. It felt like although he was a character of his own, we were constantly reminded of how much better he was for Feyre than Tamlin, like not only reminded but explicitly narrated constantly by Feyre and it just felt like it was being pointed out too often. We get it hun. He gives you freedom. But, sometimes you should not have freedom darling Feyre because you’re also a newly Made Fae who might not actually have the capacity to make a lot of big important decisions for yourself right now??
Small thing #3: I found out that I did have a slight qualm about Maas’ writing. Often, we discovered the true intentions of events and characters through the narrative and inner dialogue of Feyre. Basically being in the first person narrative, I found that many insights and details didn’t really make sense to be told through the eyes of Feyre. It just felt like sometimes the story was being told in a way that didn’t feel right or natural. For Feyre to comprehend everything so deeply sometimes felt a bit misplaced so much so that I felt disconnected from Feyre’s train of thought. For me, this felt like Maas explaining things to the reader and not so much Feyre’s natural thinking. I hope this makes sense.
I do apologize if I’m overthinking some things. It might be only a few times and it just stuck out so much for me.
As many have mentioned, there are many loose ends with characters that I guess it makes sense to dig into them over the next few books. Either way, at this stage I doubt I’ll be digging into the world of Feyre again anytime soon.
The end became a bit of a mess to be honest.
Not the high I wanted to end on unfortunately.