Reviews tagging 'War'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

472 reviews

nbhefner's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a wonderfuly crafted world and story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Murder

Minor: Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, War

samna's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Torture, Vomit, War

elyssajoh's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder, War

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment

damiscous's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous fast-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: Complicated

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I wouldn't have read this without my friends' recommendations and I cannot thank them enough, watery bowels and achy breasts and all. Though SJM did the obvious and delivered some of the most ridiculous discussion topics for our little group, there is some actually interesting things tucked away within the purrs and hisses and I cannot wait to parse through the next book and see what woes await.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Vomit

meganpbennett's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A Court of Thorn and Roses is one of those books on the "how have you not read this yet" list that everyone seems to judge readers by. It was far better than I was expecting, based on my last few experiences reading total duds, recommended by BookTok. It's not a romance novel by any means, and it's not a Beauty and the Beast adaptation, not really. The elements are there, but there is way more than the Belle et Bete story. I enjoyed it, and I like that it didn't end on a cliffhanger. I'll probably read the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

blueacorn1991's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

Moderate: War

jessicadr's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I loved that this book was fast paced and a lot of things tied together but here are some additional thoughts:

-Why is Feyre literally so stubborn?
-Why does it give off twilight meets hunger games meets mazerunner?
-I hated the Fire Night scene
-The riddle was corny 
-Why were there no cliffhangers or anything making me want to move on to the other books??? 

I plan on continuing the series and I’m hoping it gets better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

kelisabeth's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sarahasperger's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

kirahvireadsnwrites's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War