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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1139 reviews

sajakr's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

dragonaion's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The only thing keeping me from giving this a 5 star review is the fact the first 60% is a mirror, almost scene for scene, of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Unique enough to still be enjoyable, but predictable and I'm glad I knew Sarah's work with "Throne of Glass". I kept thinking, "hang in there, she knows what she's doing" and it took until halfway through the book for it to really show. I hope the next book continues the trend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Rape, Slavery

ashleyelizabeth's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

melanieapril's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The first half of this book was a rough read for me-a very amateur retelling of Beauty and the Beast. But it really picked up in the final third and made me excited to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

faithrhodes29's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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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I completely understand the hype of this book! Someone mentioned to me that the first book is meant to be for world building, and I completely agree. I loved how most of the scenes I picture really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

there is a brief moment where a character was sexually assaulted. I was not prepared for that, and didn’t hear anyone else warn about it. I figured I would for those who are interested in picking this book up, and don’t wish to be triggered.

erikaaamaeee's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The plot is interesting, even though it is basically a beauty and the beast situation. The world building is nice as well. 

It was very hard for me to truly relate to any characters. The change of emotions were hard to follow probably because how certain feelings were  described was rather superficial and odd. It made me (inappropriately) laugh at times. E.g., "my bowls turned watery," everyone "snarkles" and lots of mentions of bile coming up. 

It's also hard to believe the love. The sex scene wasn't particularly hot nor believable in the storyline it was placed in. 

Lastly the whole riddle .. really? So cheesy. 

I don't usually notice it but I guess this is the case of, not so good writing, at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder

jamiejanae's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

merrow's review against another edition

3.75

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The strongest point of this book is the imagery of the Spring Court, which informs the tone of the main part of the story. This makes it an enjoyable read even as the characters find their feet and

gradually stop being awful to each other

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Unfortunately the Under the Mountain portion of the book ends up being a bit oppressively grim in contrast.

The plot draws a lot on classic stories, but not necessarily the most overdone ones, letting it still feel fresh and somewhat unpredictable. It’s definitely a good read, but doesn’t necessarily draw me in for more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

giuliawanders's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense fast-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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Started it thinking “what a cliché” and then I got so into it and now I need to know what happens next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, War

jojo50's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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Standard fairy human relations type book. A little bit of a beauty and the beast feel. A bit too much a description of sexual relations. If you are into that sort of thing, it's not nasty in any way. The plot was engaging enough to keep me going through sixteen hours of audio

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail