Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1344 reviews

paujimena's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder

Minor: Sexual content

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny 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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Honestly, I think the hype for this book is justified! I’ve been nervous to dive in to this series because I am not a fan of smut. But, at least for this first one, it was not filled with unnecessary smut. There was a lot of relationship build up, which I like because I don’t understand lust at first sight (I’m more of a lust post love kinda gal). The few steamy scenes were not explicit (in my opinion) & the main sex scene was fade to black. 
I anticipate that the next few will not be so… tame… but I will probably continue! Which was not something I thought I was going to say. 

The story itself was really compelling. I enjoyed this little escapism into a fae realm where there are very human issues still afoot. This first book was very much establishing lore & magic so I’m excited to see how it builds in the next ones. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent

veronyqueso's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Yes

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I loved this book! It unlocked a whole new world for my imagination to go to. I've never read about faeries, but I remember trying to find faeries as a child, and this appealed to that nostalgia. I loved the intriguing characters and their actions/conversations were entertaining. I heard the series gets better, so I'm excited to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War

cheythepepper's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a little slow to get into and I felt myself feeling frustrated with Feyre repeatedly. If I didn’t know the hype around the series I can’t say I would have stayed. I appreciate the craft of the writing and will continue reading to understand the excitement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol

catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

deedeegib's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

amynich1224's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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, Torture, Blood

andhochmuth's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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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The world building and story telling is really good. I enjoyed the dynamic between the Fey world and the Human world. Towards the middle of the book there was a chapter that could have been title "Info Dumping" but I wasn't too upset since it was interesting information. Feyre starts off as annoying and very hard headed. While I never disliked her, it was hard sometimes reading about the terrible choices she would make despite being told it was a bad idea. 

Many of the graphic descriptions or allusions to torture were off putting. I know that was the point, but some of the characters seem to be over the top evil. Maybe Fey are different, but it seemed an unnecessary way to gain what they wanted. 

I loved the characters of Tamlin and Lucien. Both are genuinely good men, even if it is misguided at first. But you can tell how they do deeply care for Feyre and their people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, War

Sexual abuse towards women

Towards the end of the book Feyre is stripped naked and painted from the neck down and only given a shear cloth to cover herself. She is taken to a party this way and coerced to dance for all to see. This happens every night for a couple of months. While it is explained in great detail the first time it slowly becomes common place and not mentioned as much, but it is still happening over several chapters.

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Self harm