Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

560 reviews

ellalucys's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Well, I pretty much hated this. It started off okay and I quite liked the world building, but that was about all I enjoyed. The writing was sooo repetitive — Maas relies on the same few words, phrases and sentence structures to the point it was just irritating. I also didn't really care for any of the characters and found Feyre an annoying narrator, which was exacerbated by the repetitiveness of the writing (WE GET IT, FEYRE THINKS ABOUT LIGHT AND COLOURS BECAUSE SHE'S A PAINTER.)
I did find myself reading it fairly quickly, so I suppose it gets points for that, but it was mostly with an attitude of wanting to get it over with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Torture, War

finnm4's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous 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: Complicated

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A deep dive into a fictional world full of faeries and magic. Enjoyed this re-read of a world which is both loveable and a world to loathe as well. Didn't get the full four stars for me, due to some questionable plot points, and somewhat glossing over of Stockholm Syndrome essentially, but none the less enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Alcohol

kelmjo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

pratik_bhusal's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Murder

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent

rylielajoie15's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent

sweetsanchia's review against another edition

2.75

sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Chronic illness, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

hayleyw's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I rolled my eyes every other minute. That said I will be reading the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

bellsdixon's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body horror, Death of parent

filipa_maia's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

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If you told me that SJMAAS hates this main character, I would believe you. I've never seen so much gaslighting and victim-blaming towards a character as was done to Feyre. None of them deserves her. Not her family and definitely not Tamlin (I'll probably change my mind later, this is just the first book).

The story drags on in the first half of the book, but then it becomes so engaging that it is worth it. Amarantha is such a great villain!

I loved all of this. I can't wait for the next book - 4 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent

blackwidow33's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Feyre was one of the most annoying and stupid main characters I'd ever seen in a book. I many times wanted to just punch her in the face. Her way of thinking was so provoking I even made a whole book tab of my annotations for annoying things and dumb shit by her. If there's anything that made me give that low rating it was her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail