Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

526 reviews

readwithria'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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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2023 REREAD

I was expecting this book to be worse on a reread, but I was pleasantly surprised! The audiobook was also quite well produced, and I really enjoyed the listening experience. 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional 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: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder

Minor: Death of parent

smkelly1997's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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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Stunningly beautiful. Amazingly vibrant. I had seen this book everywhere but was always concerned it didn’t live up to the hype. Well…it did and more. Cannot wait to start the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jcrawford31's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content

sp00ky_n3rd's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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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3.5 stars
I really like the worldbuilding in this book, and don't we all love a book that comes with a map? I was nervous to read this because I knew it focused more on the romance than the fantasy, but I did enjoy it and found there was enough of the fantasy storyline tied in to keep me going. I'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes as the books go on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent

tayseeds's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous slow-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: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, War

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous 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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This was a reread :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

janbmann's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark hopeful 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture

Minor: Gore, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Alcohol

zc2's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-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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Ok listen… I didn’t think I would like it imma be honest. Howeva once I got to the plot 👀. I finished the book in 2 days however I’m curious as to why Tamlin is referred to as “tampon” on booktok. I’m scared to read the next one. Although intrigued. Smut not good don’t recommend😐.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

tbd24's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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 book was pretty simple, it gave me pretty heavy twilight vibes but I didn’t find the characters as relatable or interesting. I’m curious to see how the rest of the world works but I found Feyra (i listened to the audiobook so not sure about spelling) to be frustratingly mischaracterized by her own story. I thought this was going to be a story about a heartless fierce girl learning to love but in reality Feyra is immediately kind and overly forgiving of her family who doesn’t appreciate her hard work. She doesn’t want to be a huntress, she doesn’t want to be cold and is never unfeeling. It just made the whole “girl with ice in her heart” feel so hollow. Also, I have a hard time with main characters who are actively stupid just to make the plot work better. There are so many times she is simply willfully ignorant because if she was a little smarter then the -drama- wouldn’t happen. The things I liked about the book were the world and faeries and the rules, though I feel like these all took a backseat to the romance. I’m also not sure if this is because I was listening to the audiobook but there were weird time skips that left me feeling very off balance. Again, I’m curious to see more of the universe fleshed out but I am irritated that I have to see it all through Feyra’s eyes lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent