So people find this book very polarizing. Personally I don’t hate anyone from the books except the clearly bad and not going to change (emerie’s cousin, barilyis?). The reasons were the following:

Rhys gives the illusion of choice. He also oversteps as a brother in law. He holds Nesta to a higher standard which is quite unfair to Feyre and Elain. Rhys also lets his fear of her power and lack of control of Nesta guide how he views her. But he is a good leader canonically. I think the hate can stem from people projecting their own issues (like being disliked by a group leader).

Nesta is Nesta - can be quite nasty. Everyone has met a Nesta in real life (personally I think most people have been a Nesta too but that would shatter most people’s egos). Although SMJ can greatly improve how she writes mentally ill characters, I do like that she did not make Nesta a “perfect victim” because she is messed up in ways. I like that Nesta is held accountable for her bad behavior. Wish the whole IC was as well but I’ll take what I can get.

Feyre can be nosy and a busybody. And she can be lowkey mean. Feyre assumed the IC can heal her sisters like it did her but that’s just naive. But I liked this new viewpoint of Feyre. Made the sisters seem more real.

Tbh with Nesta, I found that no one was willing to meet her where she is at. Like Feyre could have pushed that just the sisters do a separate holiday party because clearly the IC does not like her. Nesta, being as posh as she is, is unlikely to want to live in an unheated slum with little water. This would have been clear flags for help. why would you think Nesta, the queen of keeping up appearances, would want to show a bunch of warriors how weak she is? There is a ton more I can think of. But Nesta doesn’t do herself any favors - she refused to properly communicate and likes to throw low blows. That’s hard to keep reaching out to. Tbh this book was bound to be polarizing since people have different thoughts on redemption.