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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

485 reviews

aklovekorn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent

stellarengine's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

lydia_ann's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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My favorite series ever! I could read this book again a million times in a row and still be emotionally affected by it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture

kueki's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, War

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent

mirithyl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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My favorite book (series) so far! It's well written and medium paced. Sarah J. Maas doesn't give you the feeling that you miss vital information. The romance in the book is well written and I had a hard time putting the book down. Can't wait to read the rest of the series and other books written by Maas. ACOTAR is truely a rollercoaster of emotions! I love it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

bisquii's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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3 for quality but 5 for a solid escapism fantasy! No think, just fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

This book is crazy dark towards the end. There’s a lot to process and a long period of Horrible Things and Situations Specifically Designed To Be Impossible that make the MC rightfully distressed and it can get hard to read through at points. (This part gets extra Problematic so to keep the Escapism™️ just ignore the “I have to assault you for your own good” and enjoy the trip to ‘Of Course These Are Green Flags What Are You Talking About’ city.

lisa_m's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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5 stars - no doubt.
Love this book!
Love the characters!
And I can't wait to reread ACOMAF 🖤

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

campisforever's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The major beats are Beauty and the Beast, more or less. For readers particularly attuned to gendered terminology, the terms “fe/male” show up a lot, sometimes in places they don’t necessarily need to be (e.g., “a towering male figure” when it could just be “a towering figure,” etc.; these terms are shorthand for things that can be described otherwise, with thought and care). I can understand the use of these terms insofar as they refer to the “sex” of beings that aren’t human, but they did throw me out of the story occasionally in ways that were annoying, in part because they often operate on assumptions about bodily makeup and gender that I don’t ascribe to. Once I got a feel for how these terms work insofar as they differentiate faerie/human characteristics, I was okay. But I thought it might be helpful for other enby/gender nonconforming folx to know. 

What this book does extraordinarily well is establish a broader nexus of character connections and a wider range for the plot. I don’t think I’ve ever read a first book that set me up so well for the sequels before, and I will read the entire series.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Be mindful of gendered terms that may cause dysphoria; the romance is pretty hetero

bookshelfoverload's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

mellysay's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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This book was beyond my expectations! I enjoyed from start to beginning. Ok I admit it, the first few pages were not it :/. But I kept reading because I wanted to give it an honest chance. That was the best decision I made because, OMG this book!! I loved it. It had everything I liked in a book and it kept me hooked. I’m surely going to be reading the next books in this serie. ⚠️But please check content warnings before reading!⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment

Minor: Torture