Reviews tagging 'War'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

471 reviews

sandramarinis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I truly didn't want to like this book, but I did. In fact, I was never bored. I was entertained, especially towards the end where it truly felt like I was watching a movie. 

I was judgemental because it was recommended on booktok and also because I find magical creatures titled "High Fae" a bit tacky. But I managed to look past that, so that's something. 

Positives:
The detail! The world building! I managed to imagine how everything/everyone looks. Things that happened early in the book will suddenly be mentioned in chapters waaay later, and still be relevant to the story. Being able to bring everything together like that shows true talent. 

Negatives:
There were certainly things I didn't like, but I almost don't care. For instance it wasn't necessarily logical how fast Feyre got over deeply traumatic things. Everything she lived through would've given her severe PTSD, and yet she seems to get over it in three pages every time something bad happens. I don't believe for a minute that

a woman would ever fall in love with someone who basically held them hostage and stole them away from their family, ESPECIALLY AFTER SHE FINDS OUT THAT HE HAS KILLED SO MANY WOMEN BEFORE HER TRYING TO SAVE HIS OWN ASS, LIKE WTF?! I can't tell you a single fact about who Tamlin is, what he likes and dislikes and stuff. He seems mediocre to me, but oh well. I was still entertained. Idk about you but that's not love, that's called delusion and desperation I hope Tamlin gets more interesting or that Feyre gets a new and more charming love interest

. Another thing that bothered me was that

SHE KILLED INNOCENT PEOPLE, WAS INVOLUNTARY GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE, and she forgot about that the moment sex with Tamlin was an option? Girl! Same thing after the confinement and torture at the party, like ... I don't believe that's realistic, but I guess people cope in different ways!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Dementia

Minor: Gaslighting

kiwichill's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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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I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down.  Not normally a fantasy reader but this kept me engrossed just to see what happens to Fayre and Tamblin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

graceofthevalar's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The premise of this book is basically if Katniss Everdeen was living Cinderella’s life and then got kidnapped into Beauty and the Beast’s fairytale. I couldn’t put it down the entire time I was reading it! I loved the way Feyre viewed the world through painter’s colors. Made for some memorable descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, War

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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I enjoyed the set up to this series but this could’ve been a standalone as the entire story is neatly wrapped up by the end. I’m interested to see how the supporting characters are developed as this series progresses. The world-building is great and the allusions to Beauty and the Beast aren’t incredibly overt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

stormghosts's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, War

Minor: Death of parent

jenndlara's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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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Just don’t stop at the first book. I promise, it gets even better. And like calls like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, War

stomachpains's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, War, Classism

oproy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly, is it the best book ever? No. Did I enjoy reading it? Yes. 

The characters are somewhat 2D and follow all the regular tropes (enemies to lovers, weakling human that has a heart of gold, etc.) but I just LIKED reading it. The smut was secondary, but also enjoyable without being over the top.

It felt like I was reading Harry Potter again. I finished it in 2 days. 

I would recommend if you want an easy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, War

jenniraptor's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Murder, War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

kds247's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense 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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Alright, I’ll give it to the ACOTAR girlies and admit that this was entertaining. I mainly liked the supporting characters over the protagonist, but sometimes their voices blended together. Hopefully throughout the series as each of them develop they’ll become more fleshed out as individuals. The beginning was ROUGH in terms of writing style and dialogue (so much so I genuinely thought she was making fun of the YA fantasy genre), but the further I got the more the dialogue and pacing evened out. Liked it better than Fourth Wing though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent