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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

rosa_reads_2024's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder

knoats1121's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

mrshays's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

furreverreading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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: Yes

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The first half of the book was a bit slow for me, but the second half picked up, and I enjoyed the ending. Some characters I have mixed feelings about, so it will be interesting to see how they develop in the next books, to see which way my feelings solidify. 
SJM writing was overall decent. I did get a little annoyed with the ways she tended to describe Feyres feelings or reactions to things. Such as “my bowels turned watery” and various forms of that. But it can be overlooked 🤷🏻‍♀️ 
Overall, it didn’t live up to the hype that I expected it to, but it wasn’t terrible. It was still a fun read, and I plan to read the next one soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

samna's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Torture, Vomit, War

erafact's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-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, Slavery, Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Grief

meganpbennett's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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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A Court of Thorn and Roses is one of those books on the "how have you not read this yet" list that everyone seems to judge readers by. It was far better than I was expecting, based on my last few experiences reading total duds, recommended by BookTok. It's not a romance novel by any means, and it's not a Beauty and the Beast adaptation, not really. The elements are there, but there is way more than the Belle et Bete story. I enjoyed it, and I like that it didn't end on a cliffhanger. I'll probably read the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jessicadr's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-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: Complicated

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I loved that this book was fast paced and a lot of things tied together but here are some additional thoughts:

-Why is Feyre literally so stubborn?
-Why does it give off twilight meets hunger games meets mazerunner?
-I hated the Fire Night scene
-The riddle was corny 
-Why were there no cliffhangers or anything making me want to move on to the other books??? 

I plan on continuing the series and I’m hoping it gets better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

bibicornxx's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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: Complicated

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Absolutely captured me from the very first page. Feyre is so driven and determined, yet so fragile and human, and I have the upmost respect for her. I love female rage, and I feel it so much through this book and the rest of the series. And speaking of rage, Rhysand has the unique ability to Absolutely infuriate me. I understand it's a character he was playing, a performance, but he really gave himself to the role. Feyre's language was tame compared to what I wanted to call him.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

rkmiller22's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging 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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Heavy on the torture and cruelty for me.  A lot of imagery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail