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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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peonytealeaf07's review against another edition

4.0

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: Yes

Loved this book I read it in two days and could not put it down. I cannot wait to read the next one.

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whats_miranda_reading's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The start of this book is rough and the main character is almost unbearable.

Part of the ending seemed predictable. With all the build up the author took to understand the plot and the amount of details in the end, I really expected more struggle at times. There were twists I was expecting to make the challenges even more difficult for the main character.

I also think I’m not the kind of person who’s into romantasy/fantasy and that’s okay. I’m going to give the next book a shot since the end of this book did get a bit better. I also don’t like to leave series unfinished and friends have been repeatedly telling me the other books are better.

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filipa_maia's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If you told me that SJMAAS hates this main character, I would believe you. I've never seen so much gaslighting and victim-blaming towards a character as was done to Feyre. None of them deserves her. Not her family and definitely not Tamlin (I'll probably change my mind later, this is just the first book).

The story drags on in the first half of the book, but then it becomes so engaging that it is worth it. Amarantha is such a great villain!

I loved all of this. I can't wait for the next book - 4 stars!

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fivewise's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's neither as bad nor as good as I've heard people say.

Don't get me wrong, it is bad. It's got terrible pacing, it's horribly repetitive, the main character is thoroughly unlikeable, and the writing itself is poor (odd word choice, run-on sentences, grammatical sloppiness, trope-y refrains...). However, you'd thinking it was the end of literature from how some people talk about it.

All in all, a very mid, unimpressive book, not nearly deserving its huge fanbase, but if you're in the mood for schlocky, "dark" fantasy romance, you'll probably enjoy it.

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blackwidow33's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

Feyre was one of the most annoying and stupid main characters I'd ever seen in a book. I many times wanted to just punch her in the face. Her way of thinking was so provoking I even made a whole book tab of my annotations for annoying things and dumb shit by her. If there's anything that made me give that low rating it was her.

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drasticpear's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tamlin is such a bore. The fact that most of the fae-ness is hidden until about 60% of the way through the book made it a slog. I almost dnf-ed this book for a second time but pushed through with the power of liveblogging my frustrations to a friend. Thankfully the last 15% was actually enjoyable ~~largely because tamlin wasnt in it much~~

The only thing thats carrying me forward into the next book is knowing that

tamlin/feyre isn't endgame

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