Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1172 reviews

jojo50's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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: Complicated

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Standard fairy human relations type book. A little bit of a beauty and the beast feel. A bit too much a description of sexual relations. If you are into that sort of thing, it's not nasty in any way. The plot was engaging enough to keep me going through sixteen hours of audio

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

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

blacknerdgal_2025's review against another edition

5.0

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: Complicated

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 I had heard countless times how good this series was, so I jumped at the chance to acquire this series. All I have to say is...it was AMAZING!!! The book from beginning to end had me on the edge of my seat. I never knew what would happen next and before I knew it, I found myself reading another chapter! I did not expect Feyre to become High Fae at the end. My jaw literally dropped. And Rhysand? What a hunk! Amarantha being defeated also brought a smile to my face! Overall, a five out of five for me! I am so excited to continue as I heard that the second book is the best out of all of them. Next, A Court of Mist and Fury!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder

louthepoo22's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War

katykatkathryn's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

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

hotsauce's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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'All the warmth, all the sparkling joy, drained from me like blood down a drain.'

This sentence sums up so much of this book for me: needlessly wordy, dark, and not well crafted enough to warrant all the hype.

The plot was good, but it would have been so much better in the hands of a more competent writer who knew how to actually employ the flowery prose with which Maas clearly wanted to fill this overly long novel.

Also the spicy level and romance (The Main Things that are supposed to make this series notable) are underwhelming, to say the least. It certainly does not help matters that you *know* Tamlin was never intended to be End Game.

I will still read the next novel because that is where I have been told that this series actually starts to get good?? We will see...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

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.

ashleyp18's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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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There is a lot of world-building, which is necessary for a story like this, but the world building makes it a bit long as some points. Outside of the world building… OH MY GOSH the plot is so good and the characters are all so interesting in their own ways. I couldn’t put this book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent