Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

560 reviews

merrow's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The strongest point of this book is the imagery of the Spring Court, which informs the tone of the main part of the story. This makes it an enjoyable read even as the characters find their feet and

gradually stop being awful to each other

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Unfortunately the Under the Mountain portion of the book ends up being a bit oppressively grim in contrast.

The plot draws a lot on classic stories, but not necessarily the most overdone ones, letting it still feel fresh and somewhat unpredictable. It’s definitely a good read, but doesn’t necessarily draw me in for more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

giuliawanders's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense fast-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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Started it thinking “what a cliché” and then I got so into it and now I need to know what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, War

biwee's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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"My bowels went watery" 🤨
Lazily written, unnecessary padding, frustrating character choices, stupid ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

finny328's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent

smiller_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, War

megmahoney1's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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I devoured this to be fair, easy reading and a page turner. I don’t think it’s the best writing I’ve ever read and definitely some cringeworthy moments - the excessive ‘growling’ from Tamlin, and Feyre can be quite annoying throughout the first half/two thirds of the book. It was a lot of fun to read, and I did really enjoy myself and intend to read more of the series. Definitely helped me out of a reading slump so I’m grateful to this book for that. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping

maria_silv_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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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Admittedly, from what I had heard I thought there was a lot more romance and was worried that 'smut' within the book would take away from the fantasy plot its supposed to have. No need for me to have worried though, great descriptive worldbuilding and general fantasy theme all the way through. Some slightly slower bits but loads of twists and turns keeping the book interesting!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

trishgibbons's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The first third of the book was extremely slow in my opinion, which is weird because the rest of it was pretty packed. I enjoy fast paced novels, and the ideas and world are very unique. I really enjoyed the plot in the last half. 

I also had problems with some of the connections between characters. Too much build up, not enough actually getting to know them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Classism

I just feel like Feyre and Tamlin barely gave anything the entire first chunk of the book. If it wasn’t for her constantly calling him a beast, and knowing that this was a retelling, I would’ve thought they completely hated each other. And then bam all of a sudden they were flirting and in love. But it wasn’t convincing like I’ve seen done in other stories.

readanotherbooknerds's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark tense fast-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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I feel like this is one of the silliest books, if not the silliest book, I have ever finished, but I also couldn’t put it down? I definitely wouldn’t call it good, but it reads like something smutty off fanfiction dot net circa 2002, so it’s a certain kind of cozy (for something with a fair amount of gore in it). I’m about Maas’s age so it makes sense. 

It’s a little noncon so if you’re sensitive to that maybe avoid it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Murder, War

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

banzaberrie's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, War

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault