Reviews tagging 'War'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

472 reviews

mollyschn's review against another edition

0.5

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting

tiffyd's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

lqne's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Excrement

iwinatcookie's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Rape

zuhh's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book was really great at setting the foundation for the second book. It really helped with the world building, but as a result, it was a little lacklustre. It was kind of like the first chapter of a book: you have to get through it so you can understand the rest of the book. It’s the first chapter of the series. That being said,

the Beauty and the Beast theme was interesting but made half the book very slow. I appreciate the dedication to slowly laying out information that would foreshadow the conclusion and allowing us to see their love grow naturally, but i nearly gave up at the halfway point because of how much Feyre seemed to lose her sense of self as she fell in love with Tamlin. She became more comfortable and unshackled by the worries of her mortal life, yes, but she almost became meek and docile in the home. Guess that kind of also explains why she didn’t fight to stay when Tamlin sent her back to the mortal realm. Everything can be explained away, but the main character was disappointing.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, War

Uninteresting characters, except for Rhysand. Curious to know where his storyline takes him.

lizzye33's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

quietlex's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed the story, despite being fairly predictable and on the nose. Things work out a bit too conveniently, in a way that you know all the main characters will be fine, and there’s rainbows and sunshine at the end. 

I mean come on, she leaves just DAYS before the curse runs out of time, if only she had said those three little words to him at ANY point since she already knew she loved him. She wouldn’t have made it past the second trial without Rhys secret help. She happens to figure out the riddle the second before being killed, then she’s magically brought back to life by a special never seen before golden goo that all the High Lords have! Where have you been loca style, she’s all pretty and shiny like a new vampire now.

Also, Feyre is an idiot. Makes it really hard to love her character when she continuously makes the worst decisions over and over.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

stevi_nicole's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

jesus_wept's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

jaeceybooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, War