Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

74 reviews

remilove456's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Alcohol, War

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

elliptica's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I read this book back when it came out. And I loved it. But I was looking for something simple to fall asleep to, something I've already read that won't keep me awake. Something I wasn't interested in that I knew I liked the first time. 

But honestly, this book was boring... It is toxic. It's weird. I think it's really unoriginal and predictable. The writing isnt all that great, it's so simple. And I kinda hated that the second time around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: War

mariahmmm's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Synopsis: In the middle of a bitter winter, poverty-stricken Feyre and her family rely on the scarce meat Feyre hunts in the forest bordering the wicked Fae lands. When Feyre brings down a huge wolf, she's sure the money for the pelt will be their salvation from starvation this winter. But when the wolf turns out to be a shape shifting Fae, Feyre must give her life in servitude to the Fae court she has angered. Leaving her family, Feyre enters the Spring Court, determined to escape. If only if her captor wasn't so attractive...

Review: With all the hype around ACOTAR, this was a disappointing read. The world felt empty, and the plot behind taking Feyre but not doing anything with her made no sense until the big twist was revealed. I did like Feyre's skills as a hunter and the other Fae, but struggled with the instalove.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

mld12's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious 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: No

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Ok I liked this more than I thought I would and don't think it deserves all the flack.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War

kqylqjqyne's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, War

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

larareads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual content

violet_shadows_mist's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

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.