Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

23 reviews

fullybookedlola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book was so so so good! Immediately five stars! Got me hooked from the first chapter until the last one. The writing, the plottwists, everything was good. Sometimes cliché, but good. Definitely a reread at some point, but now onto the second one. Will be probably also a rollercoaster of emotions as I felt the last pages, last chapters. Cry, happy, cry, happy. But let's figure that out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Slavery, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and War

jmeier's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense

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

1.5

the protagonist is incredibly unlikeable. the other characters are poorly fleshed out, and the plot is absurd.

3/4 of the way through this incredibly slow beauty and the beast adaptation, there's suddenly a hunger games plot? completely bizarre shift. We are also supposed to empathize with a character who threatens sexual assault, and to forgive the torture and murder of a bunch of innocents for the "greater good" . the greater good being the protagonist getting to have sex. 

sex scenes were a bit silly, but still somewhat stirring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, War, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Colonisation, Drug use, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-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

Ok listen… I didn’t think I would like it imma be honest. Howeva once I got to the plot 👀. I finished the book in 2 days however I’m curious as to why Tamlin is referred to as “tampon” on booktok. I’m scared to read the next one. Although intrigued. Smut not good don’t recommend😐.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Vomit, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Abandonment, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

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

ines_sofia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Grief, and War

Minor: War, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Death

madelonpaige's review against another edition

medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Torture

lettigirl101's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Torture, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexual content, War, Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Excrement, and Gore

sarasmiles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

First book in a long time that I finished within 24 hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, Bullying, Genocide, Confinement, and Slavery

egurgens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’ve owned the whole series for over a year now, but I never read them until now I’ve heard such good things about it on BookTok, maybe I was just afraid to be disappointed. I was not. 

I’ve heard a few things about the characters, so I was surprised that I disliked Rhys up until the last few chapters, and I greatly enjoyed Tamlin. There is a slight ‘Beauty and the Beast’ aspect, in the hidden curse, but this is so much darker and sexier than that story could ever be. Torture, death, loss, challenges, sacrifices, this book has it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, War, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Death of parent