Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

528 reviews

paigeinabook's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A very consumable book. The world is interesting to be in, but it feels quite shallow. The main character is very frustrating, and for a "fiesty, strong young woman" protagonist, acts in very foolish ways that made me put the book down and sigh. She also doesn't have a lot of agency and 99% of her problems end up being solved by someone else. The power curve is absurd. The book constantly reminds us how fragile she is and how rapidly she will die, which actually strips the narrative of all tension, because you know the protagonist is going to somehow live and succeed against ridiculous odds. The love interests are quite uninteresting, and I was not really convinced of love much at all, only lust. Going back to Feyre's agency, she is lied to, manipulated, drugged and assaulted and still seems perfectly happy with the relationships. It goes to show that just because a book is popular, doesn't mean it is high quality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

expecto_padronum's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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The second half was much more interesting than the first half in my opinion. It’s not mind blowing but the ending left me interested enough that I do plan to read the rest of the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence

Minor: Death of parent, War

s0ph1a4's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 Oh boy, so many things to say here. First of all, this was the first series in over 10 years that I DNF'd (never got past the first book). The writing is mediocre at best, the descriptions are trite and cliche, and it reads like fanfiction written by a middle-schooler. The main character, Feyre, is whiny, unlikable, and overall bland and annoying, she reads like a textbook self-insert mary sue who is the best at everything, except being girly because she's "not like other girls". The plot makes no real sense, and the story takes forever to move forward, usually with more focus on the smutty romance bits than the actual storyline. This story has just taken Katniss from the Hunger Games, poorly reskinned her, and dumped her in a wannabe dark and raunchy beauty and the beast ripoff. I could maybe see how it could be enjoyable for a horned up middle schooler/ early high schooler, but this book is not for anyone who wants actual substance to their stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

lindavs22's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

koistyfishy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

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This was an utterly amazing experience! The cast, music, sound effects and voice acting just adds a whole new level to this book, that I would actually urge anyone who loves ACOTAR, or even those who don’t…to give this experience a try!

I was completely lulled, entranced and captivated by the spell of Prythian that it made for a very unproductive me at work…. (don’t tell my boss) as all I wanted to do was pay attention and listen.

This is NOT a traditional audiobook, you won’t find any “he said”, “she said” in this. Instead the characters will actually just speak, so the flow of dialog actually follows the form of real conversation between people. This is not “word for word” the original text from the story either. Lines would be adapted for the audio so a character who stutters a line would ACTUALLY stutter as they said the line instead of “Feyre” saying “he stuttered as he said”…

BUT don’t let the adaption part scare you….this is just amazing! Totally something to shout about from rooftops and place on billboards! 

I cannot wait for part two!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent

math5475's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

reneec1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging 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: Complicated

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️/5 
*spice increases throughout series

If you’re reading this book/series for the first time, be careful of spoilers! So much of it got ruined for me from reviews and posts! (Including spoilers for future books in reviews of this one.) The second book in this series seems to be most readers’ favorite (including mine!) so if you’re on the fence about continuing the series after this one, do it! 

This was the series that sparked my love for fantasy. I had read Harry Potter and loved it, but as an adult, hadn’t read much of it. I’m now reading it for a second time through and picking up so many details I didn’t realize mattered before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence

Minor: Death of parent

ambrouille's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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 cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War