Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

524 reviews

allisonknuth13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

kates_22's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

candacehankins's review against another edition

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I wanted to believe the hype. I wanted to love this book. I kept making myself listen to it just waiting to be excited to keep listening or to start caring about the characters. But it never happened. I was so incredibly bored for the first half. And when the action was finally happened it was just mehh. So I'm not going to make myself listen to 4 more hours. At least now I don't have another long series to try to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence

deathbyathousandpapercuts's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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feyre was truly just so annoying to me. the writing style and the world building overshadow that so i do think it was a good book but god i hope she gets better throughout the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual violence, Excrement, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation

razzyreads's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

meganmoisant's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

Minor: Excrement, Death of parent

kmaffett's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, War

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book has been on my TBR for years and I was excited to finally read it. Bookstagram told me it would be good, but I feel lied to. It read like a mashup of Beauty and the Beast and Howl’s Moving Castle—two stories I love—but I didn’t love this. I didn’t like any of the characters and the story was just… blah. It was slow, I didn’t really care about what happened to any of the characters, and I predicted the plot twist close to the end. 

All that being said, friends and family have assured me the series gets better as you go along, so I’ll give the second book a try. The jump from 400 pages to 600 makes me nervous it will be a giant waste of time, but hopefully I will like Mist and Fury better. 

ACOTAR gets 2.5/5 for me, but I did finish and I am willing to give the second book a chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, War

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent

chinomi's review against another edition

4.0

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent

cozyykittyy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Been on my TBR since 2020…don’t know why I didn’t pick it up sooner! This was such a fun story that I couldn’t get enough of. The pace was perfect — not too slow, not too fast — and I didn’t get bored. The enemies-to-lovers was also executed very well, and it was believable! Feyre’s conflicting emotions about falling in love with a faerie was perfect and said a lot about her character and the rift between fae and humans. The climax was well-done, each chapter leaving me on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. Can’t wait to start ACOMAF next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Slavery

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent

Towards the end of the book when Feyre is Amarantha’s prisoner and after she makes a pact with Rhysand, she is repeatedly drugged by drinking faerie wine. She is forced to dance naked for all the fae to see as an embarrassment tactic. However, it is emphasized that Rhysand never touched Feyre anywhere besides her waist, and never let anybody else come close to her. There is not any graphic description of these events, but definitely can make some survivors uncomfortable.