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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

486 reviews

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

using this as a semi comprehensive review of the first three books


Okay so full the series in full my rating is 38/100. 

I KNOW ITS A LOW SCORE. However here is my reasoning:

Cons:
- all the books have conventionally bad writing in terms of pacing, plot points, and core writing itself to the point that it became very very distracting 
- I think book one was just so so bad, and for me there was nothing redeeming about it. I read 400 pages and didn't really know anything about the characters, there wasn't really a plot, and what ever happened in the story was so so stupid 
- a court of frost and starlight, simila critiques 
- they really should've stopped at the end of book 3
- sex scenes, which granted are impossible to write well, were wattpad levels of bad
- Tamlin is a poorly written character with zero depth 
- fuck both of her sisters, but especially Nesta. She deserved nothing and was horrible and her excessive power was awful 
- the final plot points of the byraxis, weaver, bone carver, and amren were so stupid I couldn't bare it 
- I hate Feyre so much she is so annoying
- sideways misogyny; ah yes she gets freedom of choice, independence, and power but because of Rhys and that's p much it 
- SJM nearly beat me over the head with the "its your choice" shit 
- the amount of times she wrote "I shot him a warning glance" (52 over the course of all 5 books)
- the last book was the worst end of story 


Pros
- lowkey fun if you don't want to think especially in the parts that weren't too distracting 
- cassian 
- rhys but only in the scenes where he's teaching feyre to read 
- the library for sad women with spooky monster 
- cassian 
- book 2 was actually easily the best book and if it was just that book I would give it like 62-68/100
- world building was actually ok though moderate 
-cassian 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ve owned the whole series for over a year now, but I never read them until now I’ve heard such good things about it on BookTok, maybe I was just afraid to be disappointed. I was not. 

I’ve heard a few things about the characters, so I was surprised that I disliked Rhys up until the last few chapters, and I greatly enjoyed Tamlin. There is a slight ‘Beauty and the Beast’ aspect, in the hidden curse, but this is so much darker and sexier than that story could ever be. Torture, death, loss, challenges, sacrifices, this book has it all. 

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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

A fantasy full of mystery, trial and error, love, beauty, and so much more. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

WOW. My first attempt at reading fantasy after several years and I devoured this book. Very gruesome, but captivating. I’m looking forward to finding out whether the next books in these series are even better. One thing which bothered me was the riddle with an (imo) obvious answer. Might have saved many injuries and lives… 

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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