Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

526 reviews

stewartj0421's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Had to fight the urge to run to the store and immediately buy the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Murder, War

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

theimposter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book does fantasy and romance right! I’m really picky about fantasy and I generally don't like romance unless it’s nestled in an already good story and I found this book so satisfying. I cannot wait to read everything about the ACOTR world!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

laurariexx's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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

Moderate: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Murder

Minor: Genocide, Excrement, Death of parent

_caragibson's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm not a huge fantasy or romance girl, but I did enjoy my time with this. Debating on whether I'll continue the series (I'm not a big series girl either). Good characters and writing, quick pace, and captivating story. I thought the lore was pretty easy to follow, which I often struggle with when reading fantasy. It doesn't really change my opinion towards fantasy, romance, and or series, but I did enjoy the escapism I achieved with this book. I thought Feyre was a cool character and I appreciated her attitude towards nature and art. This book inspired me to get some painting done, which is always nice. I also really enjoyed the parallels

between this story and the story of Cupid and Psyche. I'm reading a retelling of the myth (Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis) and that was a fun coincidence

. I wasn't obsessed with either love interest in the story, didn't hate it, but thought the male characters could be developed more. Maybe that's improved throughout the series

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture

Minor: Death of parent

azurelunatic's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 94%

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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

london_'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging lighthearted relaxing 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

Minor: Animal death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War

ambersbooksandbakes's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Toxic relationship

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

The sounds of fae torture and vomiting are pretty intense in the graphic audio version.

peregrinwho's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There is a concerning amount of sexual assault, drugging and raping in this book once you get to the halfway point. The book was focused too much on muscles instead of giving the love interest a personality, and the mc shakes like a chihuaua in fear every other page, but the story was overall fun until chapter 20.

The mc is told the love interest will have a magic compulsion effecting him for a night that will cause him to rape a woman if there's no one willing around, and that might end up being her, and she gets off on it. There's even undercurrents of furry/omega stuff to top it off. It turned the relationship very toxic very quick. He suddenly starts trying to control the mc and assaults her hours after she was assaulted by other characters. She slaps him, but it's framed as foreplay.

I refuse to read the rest of this series' rape fantasies and domestic abuse. It's not cute or sexy. And I don't want to find out if Tamlin knots. Also, the plot is remeniscent of Beauty And The Beast but in all the ways people who say Belle had stokholm syndrom talk about. There's no "hideous curse" that makes sure her love isn't shallow-just a flimsy masquerade mask, the mc bandages a wound the love interest gets but it isn't in pursuit of protecting her, and he lies to her about pretty much everything in the name of "protecting" her, clearly devaluing her autonomy and trust. Ironic, given every other character in the story does more to protect her than he does. Lucien is the only rounded character, and the only reason worth reading.

Also I'm sorry I cannot get over the answer to the riddle that saves them all is "love" I was rolling my eyes so hard I was worried they'd get stuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape