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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

23 reviews

quantxx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War, Slavery, Hate crime, and Genocide

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, and Vomit

dreamwrapt's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

Where to begin... this was just horrible. Literally a remix of Twilight. I don't get why this is popular. Read something better written, please. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, War, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Eating disorder, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

lizzye33's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, War, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

nkmustdie's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Classism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Stalking, and Torture

donatio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Erstmal auf Deutsch:
Nachdem eine Freundin seit mehr als einem Jahr versucht hat, mich davon zu überzeugen, diese Reihe zu lesen, habe ich mich endlich überzeugen lassen. 
Es gab ein paar Kleinigkeiten, die mich gestört haben, 

z. B. Habe ich die Anziehung zwischen Tamlin und Feyre nicht sonderlich gespürt

aber der Erzählstil hat mir gut gefallen und jetzt, da ich auch den nächsten Teil gelesen habe, kann ich bestätigen, dass dieser Band mehr wie eine lange Einleitung zum Rest der Reihe ist. 

Now for the English readers: I picked this up from a friend after she tried to persuade me for over a year to read it. 
There were some things I didn't like very much,

e. G. That there was no atmosphere between Tamlin and Feyre and how whiny she was in the beginning even though she is supposed to be a huntress

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But I liked Maas's writing style and after reading the second book I can confirm that this is mostly a really long introduction to the real series, but it's worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Classism, Blood, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Feyre was an idiot and thus hard to root for.  There’s no way her family depended solely on her. Amarantha was the only person who even had a personality beyond one dimension. The plot was good but the characters were not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Classism, Gore, Hate crime, and Torture

readwith_le's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Animal death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child death, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Death, and Gaslighting

melodyseestrees's review

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

The main character is impossibly bland and frustrating. She is put through countless toxic or downright abusive situations. Both potential love interests are toxic and abusive. Her family is neglectful and abusive. This classifies, at best, as a dark romance. If you are already unimpressed by the offerings of that genre you will not have a good time reading this. The first sixty percent of the book is boring and toxic. After that it is no longer as boring but triple toxic.  
The audiobook narrator does good with the material she is given but this is definitely not a tale for me. People say the next book is better and this is the worst book in the series but I am not giving this author a second chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Death, Sexual content, Confinement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Rape, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Classism

ximevillarejo's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Death, Hate crime, and Kidnapping