Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

43 reviews

azurelunatic's review against another edition

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Finished chapter 39 and further via recap because I was not equal to enduring another one of those torture scenes via audio book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

My hopes of a Tam Lin and Beauty and the Beast fusion were largely unrealized

inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny hopeful relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

phiagrace97's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I get the hype. Read this in about 3 days. While the writing wasn’t necessarily the strongest the plot and the characters were so compelling. 

This is an especially great book if you’re looking to get into fantasy . While the world is complex with lots of characters, you’re really eased into the Prythian with Sarah holding your hand a bit a long the way. As a big fantasy reader, I found this a tad patronizing at times, but overall it made this a much easier and fun read. 

I really connected with Freye and her mix of soft and hard, and I’m so glad the damsel in distress trope wasn’t leaned on in this first book.

Literally cannot wait to start the next. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment

lizzye33's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder

jesus_wept's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

eviemayhem's review against another edition

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With all the hype around these books, I really wanted to like them. For me, the character development seems only skin-deep and is only ever improved to move forward a toxic romance. There's so many violent things that only exist to traumatize the main characters, questionable sex scenes in even more questionable scenarios, and even with the dramatic audio I just could not get invested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

donatio's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Erstmal auf Deutsch:
Nachdem eine Freundin seit mehr als einem Jahr versucht hat, mich davon zu überzeugen, diese Reihe zu lesen, habe ich mich endlich überzeugen lassen. 
Es gab ein paar Kleinigkeiten, die mich gestört haben, 

z. B. Habe ich die Anziehung zwischen Tamlin und Feyre nicht sonderlich gespürt

aber der Erzählstil hat mir gut gefallen und jetzt, da ich auch den nächsten Teil gelesen habe, kann ich bestätigen, dass dieser Band mehr wie eine lange Einleitung zum Rest der Reihe ist. 

Now for the English readers: I picked this up from a friend after she tried to persuade me for over a year to read it. 
There were some things I didn't like very much,

e. G. That there was no atmosphere between Tamlin and Feyre and how whiny she was in the beginning even though she is supposed to be a huntress

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But I liked Maas's writing style and after reading the second book I can confirm that this is mostly a really long introduction to the real series, but it's worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexual violence

kay_w's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

paigeinabook's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism