Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

560 reviews

kateb15's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Rape

theghostthatannoysyou's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Despite not being my usual choice of book, this has reignited my passion for reading. I couldn’t wait to pick it up again to find out more about the world, the dynamics and the outcomes of decisions. Although I did find some of the choices and writing questionable at points, the world building and character growth and development made it a worthwhile read! I can see why this book has so much hype around it and have immediately picked up the next! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual harassment, War

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Blood

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Murder

hahaly's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Maybe I’m just not an ACOTAR girlie. But reading a bad book isn’t as gut wrenching, as being disappointed in a book with much potential. I should have thoroughly enjoyed this novel, as someone who loves fantasy, curses, fairy tale retellings, and hidden worlds beyond the human realm. Maybe I started reading this book when the series has been so hyped, such that my expectations were too high. But the writing (forever will I be haunted by the description of the sky as “periwinkle” with splashes of “magenta and pumpkin”—and not in a good way), character development, and pacing made this story not as engrossing as I had hoped. While Maas likely wanted to spend a good chunk of the book devoted to Feyre and Tamlin’s developing romance and Feyre’s “growth,” I did not buy their love too much and I found myself let down that the most interesting part of the novel and actual lore/world building occurred in the last 30% of the novel (I get that Tamlin + his court wasn’t able to tell Feyre the truth but still… ugh). I did hear the second book is the best one in the series, so I will return to give ACOTAR another chance again—I just might need a pause. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, War

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping

samtantha_reads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark hopeful reflective slow-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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This is the entryway into this highly acclaimed series, but it’s probably the hardest/slowest of the books to read. I had too high of expectations and also didn’t realize it was technically YA. After adjusting my expectations, I really enjoyed the last half of the book and look forward to completing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Sexual harassment

nj_preusser's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Classism

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Cursing

rvirgie's review against another edition

2.0

fast-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: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, War

behapgood's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

dragonaion's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The only thing keeping me from giving this a 5 star review is the fact the first 60% is a mirror, almost scene for scene, of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Unique enough to still be enjoyable, but predictable and I'm glad I knew Sarah's work with "Throne of Glass". I kept thinking, "hang in there, she knows what she's doing" and it took until halfway through the book for it to really show. I hope the next book continues the trend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Rape, Slavery

faithrhodes29's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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: Yes

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I completely understand the hype of this book! Someone mentioned to me that the first book is meant to be for world building, and I completely agree. I loved how most of the scenes I picture really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

there is a brief moment where a character was sexually assaulted. I was not prepared for that, and didn’t hear anyone else warn about it. I figured I would for those who are interested in picking this book up, and don’t wish to be triggered.

jamiejanae's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism