Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1172 reviews

georeadss's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional 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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*ETA After sitting with my thoughts and then eventually reading the first 3 books in the series, I have changed my rating from 4 stars to 3. 

A wonderful book that got me out of a reading slump. You could easily see it’s influence from Beauty and the Beast, which made for an interesting slow-burn romance. I enjoyed the characters, and the storytelling was vivid, pulling you right into that world. 

In saying that, this book does have its flaws including slow pacing, a few predictable plot points, and some cringy dialogue. 

Overall, it was a compelling read that I couldn’t put down. I look forward to picking up the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

kindseanb's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment

5tate0f6race's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, War

nialiversuch's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Xenophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

rissleyva's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

fooglefish's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark 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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The first half of the book really just read as a retelling of Beauty and the Beast but the book started to pick up once

they were sent to the mountain and the trials ensued

. The book is romance fantasy but it's not overly sexual like if you are looking for 50 shades this book is not that. This I actually appreciate because I think the romance got to develop better without such graphic scenes all the time.

the ending wraps the story up quite nicely to the point that Im not rushing to the next book in the series

. Overall it's a good book and I look forward to listening to the next one.(However I should note I did NOT like the audio voice at first she literally sounded like a robot but I got used to it eventually).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I had heard about the book on TT as being a fairy smut novel, but this turned out to be a great disappointment. Not only for the laxk of smut, but it was an almost copy of The beauty and the beast (but fairy edition). I’m not a huge fan of fairies so if you don’t come into it with an adoration already, save some time and pick up another book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

haleyheart33's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Listen....I don't know why this book interested me as much as it did. Like I was FULLY invested in Feyre and the fae boys. Also quite a bit darker and super gruesome towards the back half. I'm intrigued though to say the least...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery

kittkat's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional 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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also die ersten 250 seiten dachte ich mir go girl, give us nothing…  das ist schon sehr weit im buch, dafür dass es sich angefühlt hat, als ob Maas den ganzen anfang einfach random ohne plan drauflos geschrieben hätte. ich sah da einfach keinen roten faden oder sinn hinter einigen szenen. es schien mir eher, als wäre der letzte drittel ihre main idea für die geschichte gewesen (vielleicht sogar erst das nächste buch) und den rest hat sie etwas willkürlich drumrum gebaut. 
ohne tiktok hype und süpps approval bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob ich nach 150 seiten weitergelesen hätte…

ABER ja das ende war schon viiiel lebhafter und spannender. ich hatte meinen spaß und es war duechweg easy zu lesen. gute unterhaltung auch für zwischendurch, wenn man noch eine hausarbeit schreiben muss und eigentlich keine zeit hat 🌝.

ich muss aber auch sagen… es war INSANE!! wie oft verschiedene charaktere erbrochen haben. definitiv trigger warnung, mir wurde schon öfter selbst schlecht 🤧.

UND die trials sind auch etwas zu kurz gekommen v.a. im vergleich zum langsamen start, das war echt schade.

ich freu mich auf jeden fall auf das nächste buch und glaube schon fest daran, dass es sich allein dafür gelohnt haben wird, dieses erste buch zu lesen :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery

Minor: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Colonisation, War

sxfya's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging 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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This book got me on a chokehold plot twist after plot twist. It was a bit slow for me at first but the second half??? Gut wrenching. Absolutely cannot wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Colonisation

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, War, Classism, Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Alcohol