Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

readwith_le's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

0.25

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The main character is impossibly bland and frustrating. She is put through countless toxic or downright abusive situations. Both potential love interests are toxic and abusive. Her family is neglectful and abusive. This classifies, at best, as a dark romance. If you are already unimpressed by the offerings of that genre you will not have a good time reading this. The first sixty percent of the book is boring and toxic. After that it is no longer as boring but triple toxic.  
The audiobook narrator does good with the material she is given but this is definitely not a tale for me. People say the next book is better and this is the worst book in the series but I am not giving this author a second chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Death of parent, War, Classism

jessrebound's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

sleeson's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-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: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

amartin48's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A lovely

Beauty & the Beast

retelling that is great for a romance reader who wants an easy paranormal romance read with a little added adventure.

Honestly, for a plot driven book, I felt that the plot was rather predictable, and my favorite part of the book was the supporting characters. I didn't find the main characters terribly interesting, and they don't really grow much over the course of the book. I enjoyed the variations in this retelling, but the story itself didn't seem terribly unique to me...but I DID enjoy it as a lighthearted read, despite the violence and dark themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual harassment

emardesen's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, War

redheadsuperpowers's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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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I had been avoiding this book because all the hype it was getting. I was like, Twilight got this much attention and wasn't great, so i was being stubborn. 

I was wrong. This book was a retelling of the myth of Tamlin, with a bit of Beauty and the Beast for flavor. It is amazingly well written, compelling, and entertaining. If you liked Holly Black's Far books, you will like this one.  I started this book at midnight last night, fell asleep while reading it, and jumped right back in on waking. 

Feyre is a strong female lead, who is disinclined to taking anyone's crap due to being the only thing seemingly keeping her family from starving in the years before the story starts. She is dealing with realistic dangers for her environment, and the care she has for her family shines through. Tamlin is a pretty male lead, but I did find the other male characters a bit more interesting. Tamlin is dealing with his own problems mostly, and the need for secrecy does drag on the plot a bit.  The only real downside I saw, was the leads falling in love felt rushed. She did a lot of character and world building in the beginning, stuffed them falling in love in the middle, and that made the driving force behind Feyre's decisions seem a bit hollow. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

stagemanaginger's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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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Too slow and hard to follow unless you devote all of your attention to it. Set it down for months before picking it up just so I could say I finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, War

kirstennx18's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

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

ninabest's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation