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Irene Kim asked this question about A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2):
Did anyone else dislike ACOMAF? If you liked the book, can you explain what exactly you liked about it? I feel like I'm in the minority here, but I had too many problems with this book, and I don't understand how this book has a 4.77 rating.
Donna Hoefer I had several problems with it, but the overarching one was the way in which Tamlin was demonized and Rhys was rewritten into a flawless demigod. I th…moreI had several problems with it, but the overarching one was the way in which Tamlin was demonized and Rhys was rewritten into a flawless demigod. I think F & R are actually better suited to one another. I was beginning to feel that way even in book 1. But F & R could've happened far more organically than by having Feyre constantly compare the two men with R always coming out on top. This was an opportunity for SJM to examine love lost and new love gained and how sometimes two good people just aren't suited for one another. Or how circumstances change us and lead us down new paths and people we care about sometimes can't go with us down those roads. And instead of exploring those layers of depth and complexity, SJM just went, "Forget book 1. Instead, the good guy is actually bad and the bad guy is actually good. See how this new ship is totally justified? See? See? See how Feyre isn't an unfaithful traitor just trying to level up to the more powerful , better looking guy? Tam bad. Rhys good." 80% of the book was just SJM trying to shove Rhys on us and vilify Tam. How much cooler would it have been if falling in love with Rhys and moving on from Tam hadn't been such an obvious choice? If it had been a really hard choice to make? If they were both written as basically good men, but flawed and with a variety of shortcomings? But nope! One is just evil and the other a perfect little cinnamon roll. Yawn.(less)
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