Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

658 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I finally got around to reading this book.  I liked it, but it didn't capture me like Rebecca Yarros's "Fourth Wing" (Empyrean series) did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

andreaeverafter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment

reneeleger's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous medium-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Feyre was annoying, Tamlin was boring, Rhysand was interesting until he was super gross, and everyone else was just kind of there. Amarantha was pretty cool though. The beginning is almost unbearably slow and confusing (not a great combination) but I will say that the last 20% is pretty fun to read if you don't think about it and take everything at face value lol.

Would have gotten at least 3 stars if it didn't have my least favorite trope: sexual assault that is treated like it's sexy because the perpetrator is attractive.

Apparently the second book in the series is good which is the only reason I did not def 100 pages in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Classism

emmalyn_kay's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

wyspha's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping

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

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

moostie1's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Death, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

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