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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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hairypoppins's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Surely this book can’t be serious.

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anastasia_st's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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ben_readz_books's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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

Okay I really really wanted to love this book, but I just… didn’t.

1. I didn’t like that Feyre is such a “not like other girls” girl (god I wish fantasy as a whole would retire this tired trope).

2. The romance made absolutely no sense to me, and I’ve been told that it is explained in the next books and begins to make more sense, but considering that it’s marketed as a fantasy romance and that’s what I was expecting to get, it was just a let down. I genuinely could not tell who Feyre’s love interest was supposed to be until

she slept with Tamlin

. I felt like she had much better chemistry with

Lucien

anyway.

3. The writing style was so… disjointed. I think because it’s written as YA but with random sex and violence and gore thrown in to make it more “adult”.

After Feyre goes Under the Mountain, things get so dark out of absolutely nowhere. As someone who finds gore very triggering I would have REALLY appreciated a warning of some kind. The violence from Amarantha just seems so senseless, and I can’t understand why all the graphic depictions of mutilated bodies was necessary.

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lhud0196's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did. It was my second time trying to get through it and boy did I have to push myself in the beginning. The book starts off pretty slow (and honestly stays pretty slow-paced throughout), but I’m so glad I hung in there. I’ve heard that this book really just lays the groundwork for what’s to come and I’m so excited to continue exploring this world. Hopefully I get my hands on ACOMAF asap!!

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