Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1339 reviews

indigo_fox's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First I want to say that I LOVE this series. That being said, this is my least favorite book in the series. The story feels like it drags until around chapter 31 (63% of the way into the book). Nothing really happens before that chapter, just the characters getting to know each other more. The worldbuilding isn't amazing or anything either, it didn't really stand out to me like other fantasy books I've read. I understand that this is a romantasy series but I felt like even the romance was lacking.

For obvious reasons if you know what comes next.

The characters don't really stand out either. They just don't feel real to me. I will say, I love the banter between Lucien and Feyre. Their little conversations are always fun! Those bits of dialogue are the highlight of my reading experience for the first part. 

After chapter 31 things are great. The last part of the book is engaging and suspenseful. There were certain points where I didn't want to put it down so I ended up reading longer then I expected. I think the pacing in this section was better, it didn't drag on like the earlier section. 

I could be biased. I always knew I'd love Rhys. That man stole my heart from the moment he said, "There you are. I've been looking for you."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Death of parent

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

3ternallymoon's review against another edition

2.75

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: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, 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

bbine's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

purplepascalpett's review against another edition

3.75

dark 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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Beauty and the beast meets world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

sherolled's review against another edition

3.0

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well written. Main character makes some mind-numbingly dumb choices. Great world building. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Slavery

Last 3rd of the book can be a bit heavy content warning wise.

mailenlovesreading's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent

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