Reviews tagging 'War'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

471 reviews

bestie_book_lover's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, War

evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, War

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation

lex223427's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship

ruska_777's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

karlin0336's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a reread for me (it's been so long that I decided to stop reading A Court of Wings and Ruin and go back through these so everything's more fresh in my mind).  My original rating was 4.25 stars, but I definitely enjoyed it more the second time around.  Not at all a fan of the amount of spice in this series, but this one is quite a bit more tame than the others.  (Definitely skippable if you want to go that route.)

If you're a fan of books about the fae, you will love this.  Worldbuilding and characters are great.  The story from start to finish is captivating.  The ending is mind-blowing.  Plus, it's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but with fae!  What could be better?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War

nicnocs511's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, War

Minor: Vomit

sarasimper's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War

isa_loves_to_read's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War

atamano's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, War

celestihel's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, War