Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

jesus_wept's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

gabriella1909's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It's one of those books where you will continue to be surprised and you have to read the whole series to get the full story. Incredible - one of my favourites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood

nurseamandarose's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

ashleynp24's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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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Really enjoyed the book. The first half was definitely a slow start but it did pick up in the second half, which I felt was needed. I liked the strong female protagonist but felt that her relationship with Tamlin moved really quickly and was kind of surface level, considering how much she loathed him at the start. 

I really enjoyed the world building aspects, though, and I’m excited to read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, Classism

Am I supposed to like Tamlin? I was really unimpressed with him as the love interest. He didn’t do anything to help Feyre in the entire second half of the book. He doomed his court by sending her away and she literally got more help from Lucien and Rhysand and they weren’t even the ones in love with her?? Why did he do nothing but try to hook up with her, which would have literally gotten her into more trouble with Amarantha??? Literally makes no sense to me. Tamlin is giving “ick”, he’s just kind of whiney and selfish in that regard. It’s like he expected her to just die and was like “okay I guess that’s all I can do”

saramoser's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense 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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This book was enjoyable but maybe too much hype and so I expected fantastic. Outside of my usual genre, this fantasy, world building almost retelling of beauty and the beast was interesting to a point, but the certain points it almost seemed as if we were in a hurry to get the book over with, and lacked depth. 

I’ve heard the 2nd book is better, so I am excited to start that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol

lou_loo's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment

fpgreviews's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry

nagisasigh's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ACOTAR may be the world building book for the series, but to me it wouldve been this good even on its own. If youve never read fantasy before, get through the first 25 pages before you walk away. I was worried that the romance aspect would eclipse the plot, but I was very pleasantly surprised!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Sexual harassment, War

sarahreadsromance's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark 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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Look it may not be the most well written and there are some grey lines that are towed in this book, but it definitely is addicting and I definitely will be reading the next books.  If you’re looking for an easy fantasy read that is slightly dark, it does the job.  It’s cliche, but if you’re just here for the vibes, do it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

thegrandmafriend's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol