Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

524 reviews

kamelleruano's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

osnapitzt's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent

kpham16's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Death, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Murder

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent

hypnoty's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Feyre entering the world of Fae and learning about after giving up everything to save her family. The world building done just right and you know their surroundings from the first page.
I couldn’t give it a 5/5 because her visit home just felt rushed but it could just be how I read it. 
The time under mountain was morbid at times and challenging but the depth this part of the story cannot be faulted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Death of parent

phoevincent's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent

evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, War

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation

lex223427's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship

sarasimper's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, War

and_so_it_goes's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a standard modern action fairy tale. Feyre didn’t spend enough time

hating fae, and barely reflects on the fact she has become what she knows often subjugated her people and more on losing her mortality. She apologizes for klling the faerie, but never challenges the relationship between humans and fae beyond a few mentions to emphasize the faeries brutality. It’s very peculiar, especially since the High Fae look more human than Lesser Fae

Tamlin had the personality of a cardboard box, which I suppose does fit Feyre. The pacing was very odd, with the beginning rather slow and then all the plot happening at the very end. If this series wasn’t so popular, I wouldn’t have given this a second thought. 

My favorite characters were Lucien and Nesta, because both of them had some aspects that weren’t obvious from the surface. Everyone else were rather forgettable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Death of parent

yeidi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Consider me hooked!

If this ever gets adapted, I hope it's an animated series like Netflix Castlevania.

• Interesting world building. 
• A visceral type of writing.
• Nitpick: a bit too rushed in some parts (ex. spoiler:
  family reuniting, arguably understandably
  ) and a bit too slow in others. But not enough to really bother me. 
• I've seen people say the 2nd is better and I'm looking forward to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual harassment

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent