Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

58 reviews

csmall73's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Initially the story kind of meandered through events that don’t seem to have much value to a storyline. Everything does tie in an intricate plot that even extends past its own series. As things develop it becomes quite chaotic and confusing but it is good. You get sucked into the story and into feyre. You must know what happens next even though it breaks her and it breaks you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love Lucien first off, best character of the entire series. The sass and the red hair is just a plus. He’s so selfless. I love him way too much. And I love Rhysand , he’s sassy and brutally honest. Plus he sounds incredibly hot. Tamlin is great ofc, love that blond boy

Edit: This was before I read the second book!!!

Screw Tamlin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Classism

milkbath_goblin's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence

brittishliterature's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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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I really enjoyed this! I had tried to start it two or three times before and ended up DNFing, but I was determined because the bookstagram hype was real and the FOMO was major haha. Even though StoryGraph has it labeled as medium-paced, it felt slower just because I couldn't go too fast for fear of missing out on lovely imagery, important character development, and necessary world-building. It definitely wasn't for lack of quality, and I wasn't opposed to taking my time soaking it all up.

I've heard that the series really gets good after the first book, and I can see that because it wasn't quite a five-star read for me but I also feel like the storyline and development were necessary. And without mentioning any spoilers, I feel that what was lacking in certain aspects of the story was written that way for a reason.

But anyway! I'm so glad I finally finished it and am finally reading this series! I've already started A Court of Mist and Fury and am already LOVING it even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

a_libra_library's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I understand why this series took off, its easy to read, great world building but that's it. It's not the fairy erotica everyone says it is. But reading this in 2022 - nothing ground breaking or new. 
Could've been an normal beauty and the beast retelling but the author has other plans towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

merelyakalan's review against another edition

2.0

dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault

fallknitt's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Classism

want2readmore's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous relaxing 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 death, Violence

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

bisquii's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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3 for quality but 5 for a solid escapism fantasy! No think, just fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

This book is crazy dark towards the end. There’s a lot to process and a long period of Horrible Things and Situations Specifically Designed To Be Impossible that make the MC rightfully distressed and it can get hard to read through at points. (This part gets extra Problematic so to keep the Escapism™️ just ignore the “I have to assault you for your own good” and enjoy the trip to ‘Of Course These Are Green Flags What Are You Talking About’ city.

campisforever's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The major beats are Beauty and the Beast, more or less. For readers particularly attuned to gendered terminology, the terms “fe/male” show up a lot, sometimes in places they don’t necessarily need to be (e.g., “a towering male figure” when it could just be “a towering figure,” etc.; these terms are shorthand for things that can be described otherwise, with thought and care). I can understand the use of these terms insofar as they refer to the “sex” of beings that aren’t human, but they did throw me out of the story occasionally in ways that were annoying, in part because they often operate on assumptions about bodily makeup and gender that I don’t ascribe to. Once I got a feel for how these terms work insofar as they differentiate faerie/human characteristics, I was okay. But I thought it might be helpful for other enby/gender nonconforming folx to know. 

What this book does extraordinarily well is establish a broader nexus of character connections and a wider range for the plot. I don’t think I’ve ever read a first book that set me up so well for the sequels before, and I will read the entire series.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Be mindful of gendered terms that may cause dysphoria; the romance is pretty hetero