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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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weirdemosrus's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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spikehype's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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occasionalyarnie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Definitely an enjoyable read, but not utterly groundbreaking. I feel like the quality of the writing itself isn't up to par with how well she was writing Throne of Glass at the time, but it's not bad. It's definitely interesting to see the kernels she laid out for future books
(which also makes the romance a little cringe if you know where it's going)
, and makes a reread fun. I get why it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I stand by it.
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patbat's review

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

3.5

A Court of Thorns and Roses is weighed down by the plodding (roughly) first half of the book, which meanders about with no real purpose. If you read a summary of the first half and skip to the second half, you'll have approximately the same reading experience as someone who read through the entire book. 
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xavlak33's review against another edition

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

2.75

Not very well written.
“I love you” I said, and stabbed him.”
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cararowen's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Colonizer trash meets beauty and the beast, plot requires main character to have no sense, does not have any actual character development, dubious consent for so so many scenes. Very my first romance novel vibes.

Feyra is not like the other girls, she's special, she's not hot but ever fairy man desires her, she's unable to listen to the most basic instructions, beauty and the beast is about compromise, this is about ignoring your boyfriend is rich because his daddy owned people and having your main character intoxicated and/or enchanted and/or manipulated into every sexual situation then claiming it's love. It's about having zero feelings of guilt when you get other people in trouble or dead and being consistently rewarded.

I have never disliked a text more than this one.
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kalyn_c's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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ananya_b's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. There are a couple of plot inaccuracies
- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.


Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!
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marlo_o's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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samirareads24's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

I understand the hype. It is slow to start but Feyre, the main character, is fascinating independent woman who is thrust into a world she was taught to hate. Its fascinating to see her open her mind to a different perspective and fall in love. She doesn't back down and fights for whats hers. Immediately started reading the second book. 
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