Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

pardonmypian0's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment

sidequestguy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War

poppyskills's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

moonrosemother's review against another edition

0.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Many plot holes, character development was next to none except for the main female character, the author has over described and under described parts, all characters seem to be white so there's no diversity at all. 

The author hasnt learned about any of the hobbies of the main character; the mc is a painter and hunter; yet the mc will often say to herself: "i dont know the name of the colour, so i will keep it for later", while it is true that not everyone knows the names of colours, SJM could still have described them better.

SPOILERS:

The MC's family starts off as having lost lots of wealth and were living in a shack having forced the MC to hunt for food, and the family (except MC) was in denial of it, even after 8 years and expected the MC to care for them. However, while MC was under the "care" of her kidnapper, the kidnapper gave the mc's family more wealth that they had before, thus the family learned nothing.

 

Adittionally

One of the characters towards the end while shown that he could torture the minds of fae and humans, sexually assulted the MC, however this was thrown in at the END of the book, thus seeming to have not been thought out at all.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

All in all, could have been written or even edited better.

suchallie's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: No

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Mostly no complaints except that the reveal of the

curse on Tamlin

was way too easy, it felt like a tying up of loose ends and wasn’t cleverly intertwined into the story, much too convenient. I also solved the riddle immediately?? 

I’m also not sure I love the way information is introduced in the writing style, sometimes I was like did I miss something? but it’s forgivable. 

The story feels innovative and fresh though which is exciting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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I won't lie, when I was told this was a p*rn book, I was expecting more salacious escapades than I was met with. Instead, what I found was an interesting mix of interesting plot and female characters I loved. Now, I don't hate the primary love interest, however oh boy did I find the *reveal* uncomfortable. Tamlin's original reason for taking Feyre was already on the nose enough. The deeper you get into the book, the more the beauty and the beast parallel can be drawn. Still, I enjoyed reading of Feyre's stubbornness and challenges. I love a woman who can fight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault

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

risaleel's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, War

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.

lana811's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse