Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

211 reviews

sarahmeshille's review against another edition

1.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail

inkshadows's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, Murder, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual harassment

klein19's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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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Great book! I love fantasy stories and this one was perfect. It had just the right amount of romance and humor to balance out the intense story line. Sometimes I could guess what was going to happen next but there were some very good plot twists! 
I really wish the show didn’t get scrapped- I’d kill to see what Tamlin would look like! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Classism

Minor: Death of parent

jensimmonds's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War, Classism

Minor: Infertility

skitson's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Yes

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I finally decided to give this a try. While I can see the fantastical appeal for those who like stories like this, I wasn’t personally a fan. Maas is a droner, and many scenes felt like they went on for pages and pages more than they needed to. I also did not really enjoy or find any of the the main character likeable, so it was hard to root for them agains their enemies. Also, Maas definitely leans heavily into using tropes and pieces from common stories we all know (Twilight, Beauty and the Beast, etc), and it did not feel as original as I thought it would be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

rottenwatermelon's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A slog to get through, kind of beauty and the beast/Stockholm’s syndrome love story but boring besides the pretty descriptions of the nice locations. Also I didn’t find any of the characters likeable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

razzyreads's review against another edition

4.75

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

kmaffett's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, War

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent

ashley53thompson's review against another edition

2.0

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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It's just not that deep.
The author was a great writer but not so great of a storyteller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment

evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, War

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation