Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

526 reviews

mangofraiche's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark lighthearted mysterious tense 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

firehearttt's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent

shadowwife's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging funny mysterious relaxing 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism

ashlyn922's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent

han_solo's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Complicated

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Don't listen to BookTok, this first book in the series does not have spice. It's closest you can get to fade to black without actually doing so. 

If you decide to read this book, the pay off doesn't happen until chapter 54 of book 2, A Court of Mist and Fury. You have to commit to reading both. 

I enjoyed it for the story, action, and characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Murder

Minor: Death of parent

m0czy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol

kal517'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: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent

danicat2's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

wrappingpaper'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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This book had me so conflicted bc for the first half I was kinda bored but when it picked up… it picked UP. 
Honestly it felt like reading a different book after the high stakes actually hit I literally had to stay up until 3am to finish it I couldn’t put it down. 
I’m super excited to read the next books bc I feel like sjm will take the series in such a good direction with the foundation she set in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

catherine_caradine's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very good introductory fantasy book. A majority of the book is a very domestic fish out of water plot that may be boring to some but I found entertaining and a good introduction to the ACOTAR/TOG/CC world building/Sarah J. Moss’s writing style. The climax of the story comes in quite late and feels a bit rushed but isn’t awful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, War