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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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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

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

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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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

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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finny328's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

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breecolt3's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the beginning of the book is kind of slow. of all the books in the series, i personally think this is the worst one. Feyre is at her worst form in the first book and her character development LEAPS from ACOTAR to ACOMAF. READ TO DISCOVER THE WHOLR SERIES!!

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smiller_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sammyemma's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed the world built by Sarah J Maas in this book and loved the writing style, but found many of the plot lines to follow predictable and familiar tropes. I think this series has a lot of potential so I will continue reading - even if just to learn more about Rhysand! I never fully invested in Feyre and Tamlin’s relationship and find the dynamic to be quite stale. I find Rhysand a much more interesting character and am intrigued to see how his relationship develops with Feyre!

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bergamotbookwyrm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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katykatkathryn's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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megmahoney1's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

I devoured this to be fair, easy reading and a page turner. I don’t think it’s the best writing I’ve ever read and definitely some cringeworthy moments - the excessive ‘growling’ from Tamlin, and Feyre can be quite annoying throughout the first half/two thirds of the book. It was a lot of fun to read, and I did really enjoy myself and intend to read more of the series. Definitely helped me out of a reading slump so I’m grateful to this book for that.

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hotsauce's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Complicated

'All the warmth, all the sparkling joy, drained from me like blood down a drain.'

This sentence sums up so much of this book for me: needlessly wordy, dark, and not well crafted enough to warrant all the hype.

The plot was good, but it would have been so much better in the hands of a more competent writer who knew how to actually employ the flowery prose with which Maas clearly wanted to fill this overly long novel.

Also the spicy level and romance (The Main Things that are supposed to make this series notable) are underwhelming, to say the least. It certainly does not help matters that you *know* Tamlin was never intended to be End Game.

I will still read the next novel because that is where I have been told that this series actually starts to get good?? We will see...

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