Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

524 reviews

17michaelasully's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful 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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It's your standard fantasy book with some smut here and there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War

cararowen's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Colonizer trash meets beauty and the beast, plot requires main character to have no sense, does not have any actual character development, dubious consent for so so many scenes. Very my first romance novel vibes.

Feyra is not like the other girls, she's special, she's not hot but ever fairy man desires her, she's unable to listen to the most basic instructions, beauty and the beast is about compromise, this is about ignoring your boyfriend is rich because his daddy owned people and having your main character intoxicated and/or enchanted and/or manipulated into every sexual situation then claiming it's love. It's about having zero feelings of guilt when you get other people in trouble or dead and being consistently rewarded.

I have never disliked a text more than this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War

pam_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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Well-written & engrossing. I haven’t gotten through a book this big this fast in quite awhile. The Graphic Audio audiobooks were also an enjoyable way to get into this story, worth checking out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood

Minor: Gore, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

crunchwrapper's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I kinda like that bat man

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Death of parent, Classism

airrhodes's review against another edition

1.5

dark mysterious tense medium-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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This was the second-worst book I’ve read in years. The characters’ motivations were entirely unbelievable, purely convenient to drive the plot forward. I found myself strongly disliking the insipid, self-absorbed main characters and preferring the “despicable” minor characters who at least had some spice and grit. It was also badly written - every phrase and sentence trite and expected, nothing lovely about it. I finished the book merely out of dull fascination that this schlock is so popular — There are much better retold fairytales, romances, adventure stories, whatever aspect of this you might be seeking, there’s a better option out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Purportedly feminist but I found it to be quite unfeminist and disempowering of women

avacyn731's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

smilingsammie's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent

keephoenixler's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, War

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I give the audio book version .5 more stars because the narrator breathed some life into some tf the otherwise weak lines.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, Classism

tish12's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing 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: N/A

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I have to be honest I started and got to about chapter 12 and I wasn't getting into it at all. But I sat it down took a breather and started the book again and this time I fell in love with it to the point I was asking myself why wasn't I getting it the first time around. I am loving the story, the characters the clearly and cleverly placed out fantasy realm. I love it  cannot wait for the rest od the books and hoping I like them just as much. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail