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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

799 reviews

olivialuvsbooks22's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was really good. The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because the books that followed this had character building that was incomparable to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood

Minor: Death, Sexual assault

katklev's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent

haleyntk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

theyperson's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship

adele22's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: No

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I read this book faster than anything I've read in probably the last 10 years and bought the sequel before I had finished it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Violence

bergha1998's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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As low stakes romantasy fun, I actually really enjoyed it. Just knowing there were going to be cringy parts, a total pick-me FMC, and not a lot of character development set me up for success. And I had a great time. 

Romatasy, Enemies to Lovers, 2 🔥

“A portal into the mind of a creature so unlike me, and yet … and yet I looked at its work and understood, and felt, and cared.“

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

inkdog's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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: Yes

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I really really enjoyed this book. Awaiting the next in the series from my library, eagerly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

vaporvox's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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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I didn't know what to expect going into A Court of Thorns and Roses, but I can absolutely say I was pleasantly surprised. This book is one of those that's super easy to get invested in once you get past the first few chapters. It's a spicy, fantasy-based romance at heart, but it has a little bit for everyone. There are darker, bloodier parts for the more horror-based fans, spicy and slow-burning romance scenes for the romantics, bright and whimsical settings for the general fantasy reader, and tons of world-building for the immersive reader. You'll find yourselves really getting into the characters and their growth as well. One word of warning - this book will toy with your emotions if you're the type of reader to get emotionally involved in your reading; there are many happy moments, sad moments, passionate moments, and brutal moments all happening in a tense, twist-and-turn format. While I sing the novel's praises, there indeed some issues with how some parts are written, how long it takes the characters to realize things, and how long it takes to get going in the beginning. Some lines fall flat, some characters take a long time to really develop, and the start of the novel burns a bit too slow for me. However, all of these issues are wiped away with how intensely powerful the middle and latter portions of the novel flow. The emotional impact, immense character development, and epic worldbuilding carry the novel quickly away from its flaws. Highly recommend this one for any fan of darker fantasy, passionate romance, or deep immersion into another world. It absolutely sucked me in and made me emotional; I'll absolutely be continuing the series when I can get my hands on the next books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit

Blood and gore: Bloody deaths via stabbing, eviscerating, throat-ripping, crucifixion, etc. One character's crucified body is left hanging for months on a cave wall. A group of creatures gets ripped apart. One character gets its wings ripped off. The main characters discover a severed head on a statue at one point. It has some very gruesome scenes. Torture: The main character is mentally and physically tortured by dark fae powers a few times in the story. The pain and feeling is detailed. Murder: The main characters murder a few different characters, many in bloody ways. Injury/injury detail: The main character experiences an injury during battle with protruding bones that sits and grows infection for way longer than it should. Sexual content: A couple characters have sex at least twice in the novel, with at least two other scenes where they come close to doing so. Vomit: A few characters vomit at the sight of a bloody/grisly injury. One character vomits after drinking too much fae wine. One character vomits a few times due to an injury.

kateb15's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Rape

nerual1991's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, Torture

Minor: Sexual content