Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

566 reviews

chloenrogers's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous fast-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

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There’s a lot to unpack here. Could have used another editor. A FMC who is frustratingly resistant to making any sort of smart decision. Most of the characters are tropes nailed together inside of a trench coat. The plot borrows so much from the Disney Beauty and The Beast movie I’m surprised they let this get published. The events of the story move so quickly that I often felt hurried through scenes with no world building, which very often ruined my immersion. Character movements within a scene were often confusing and hard to follow. Creature and character descriptions were lacking and I found it hard to picture the scale of anything. It’s not groundbreaking in any way or reinventing the wheel. 

That being said, I couldn’t put it down. I found myself rooting for Feyre, despite her idiocy. The plot is wholly unoriginal for 2/3rds of this book, but once it took off, it really got going. Sure, I’ve probably read similar plots a hundred times before in books and fanfiction, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a lot of fun. Sure, the dialogue was flat and much of the writing cliche and cringe. But that’s the charm. 

Was it good? No.
Will I read all the others? Yes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment

courtneyadh's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Genocide

nikkilerae's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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A Court of Thorns and Roses 
By Sarah J Maas
5⭐️

This book was so much more than I could have ever imagined! It is definitely a 5 star read that every fantasy lover should read! I really think this would even be a great fantasy starter book for those that want to see if they might like fantasy. 

Feyre, a human, finds herself forced from the human lands to the lands of the Fae. She is stubborn, strong, and very capable for a human. However, as she enters the lands of the Fae she meets members of the fae that are unlike anything we could imagine. Their physical characteristics and personalities are so well crafted by the author that you almost forget that you are reading. The story holds you in its grip the entire way through the book! 

I am super excited to start the next book in the series. This is my first book by Sarah J Maas and I can already tell she’ll be one of my favorite authors! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, War

madi_reads13's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

anastasio's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The series is good in my opinion the first book feels slow and is a bit harder to get into I really wasn’t digging it untill the last chapters but the rest of the books are great 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War

Minor: Child death

chronic_listener's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War

Minor: Child death

rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

3.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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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I loved this book. From the very beginning it was clear that nothing was quite what you expected it to be. It had endless twists and turns and the action was so full and rounded - as was the world it was placed in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Slavery

ananya_b's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. However, there are a couple of plot inaccuracies

- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.

Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War