Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

564 reviews

witchybooknerd16's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

samtantha_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark hopeful reflective slow-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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This is the entryway into this highly acclaimed series, but it’s probably the hardest/slowest of the books to read. I had too high of expectations and also didn’t realize it was technically YA. After adjusting my expectations, I really enjoyed the last half of the book and look forward to completing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Sexual harassment

havenotreadinyears's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, War

sajakr's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

ashleyelizabeth's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

jessicakrog's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol

ladydragona's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A fun read that kept me engaged from the very beginning. The sex scenes were underwhelming but that can be forgiven with the interesting characters and a plot that kept me reading until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Colonisation

merrow's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The strongest point of this book is the imagery of the Spring Court, which informs the tone of the main part of the story. This makes it an enjoyable read even as the characters find their feet and

gradually stop being awful to each other

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Unfortunately the Under the Mountain portion of the book ends up being a bit oppressively grim in contrast.

The plot draws a lot on classic stories, but not necessarily the most overdone ones, letting it still feel fresh and somewhat unpredictable. It’s definitely a good read, but doesn’t necessarily draw me in for more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

jojo50's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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: Complicated

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Standard fairy human relations type book. A little bit of a beauty and the beast feel. A bit too much a description of sexual relations. If you are into that sort of thing, it's not nasty in any way. The plot was engaging enough to keep me going through sixteen hours of audio

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

biwee's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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"My bowels went watery" 🤨
Lazily written, unnecessary padding, frustrating character choices, stupid ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment