Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

kelsey1428's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Gaslighting

iroth's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous tense fast-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: Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, War

Moderate: Drug use

mrsplace22's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

mamacalidad's review against another edition

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Anxiety triggers

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

kjm19's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-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 love the world that exists in this book - looking forward to how it builds in the series! I found the characters interesting, charming and unique. 

I feel like there was a level of detachment between some of the characters at times that didn’t work with how the relationships were portrayed in the book. More details and nuances would’ve been useful!

Overall - really nice read and I’m excited to come back to it after reading the rest of the series to see how my opinion changes. 

SECOND READ 
I stand by what I said on a first read about the detached relationships (particularly between Feyre and Tamlin). I appreciate the golden nuggets throughout that point to future books. Fun and comforting read in many ways. I am looking forward to rereading ACOMAF!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Alcohol

_wellshit's review against another edition

1.25

adventurous dark tense fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

kaetlingrigsby's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Complicated

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This book had a really slow start when I first read it I stopped at 267 pages in and then picked it back up a year later. It picks up at the end and then it’s to the point where you can’t stop reading. The characters can be confusing because there are so many different types and I definitely checked ACOTR WIKI more than once to try to get a better understanding of the different species. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

kathrynreading's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-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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It’s okay but I don’t get the buzz. It was just so many awful things happening over and over. Didn’t really buy into the motivations of the FMC. Will keep going with the series but was very meh as a book to me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

There’s a lot of abuse of the FMC and graphic descriptions of violence

courtsport3000's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous 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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I spent the first half of this book wondering why it's as popular as it is. I thought I'd missed out by starting the series so late or something. Then the third quarter started to pick up... then by the final quarter I was completely hooked. COMPLETELY. 

I get it now. Sorry I ever doubted. Can't wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

whatsounddoesagunmake's review against another edition

1.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i think i'm going to stay away from sarah j. maas for now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence